I'm really surprised that I haven't see more about Trump's hypocrisy surrounding Iran's protesters and ours. That should be an obvious thing for even Republicans to call out, but of course they remain silent.
And still, even after killing American citizens, the Republicans refuse to reign in this lawless administration. They are as much to blame as the ICE agents themselves because they have the power to stop this.
Everyone of common human decency, of rational and reasoned mind, NEW this was coming, oh, say, by around 2016 ... in fact Trump, perhaps under the tutelage of of Bannon, promised this would be our state of affairs in short order.
It is so painful to try to suss out why (at least half) our population of decent people, including (especially?) our leadership has become paralyzed to respond effectively .
I look at my email inbox and all I see is fund raising efforts on the order of: this is just a normal political cycle please donate 5 bucks, and receive my new book... or such ...
This is a painful period in our history that I never, ever, even imagined (notwithstanding having read Orwell) would be our present tense
The most astute commentary I've read on what is happening was penned by occasional Bulwark contributor David French in NYT ["An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good"]. His theory was brought home to me recently by comments from a 32-year-old neighbor who is a college graduate and works as a bond trader for a reputable brokerage firm. When I have attempted to get him to pay attention to the unraveling of norms and the militarization of ICE by Trump, he brushes this off by saying it is toxic and has no bearing on his career development. He is a bright individual--and takes an interest in our local civic association--but is unwilling (unable?) to grasp that under the current circumstances we all have a civic duty to be well informed and to exercise critical judgment.
He is also myopic as hell. What does he think will happen to the bond market if the EU nations decide to dump their Treasury bonds on the market (especially if they time their sell-off to coincide with a Treasury Department auction) as retaliation for Trump's threatening Greenland?
We live in a globally interconnected world, and Trump's actions are going to leave the US more isolated, weaker, and poorer - and that will definitely have a big impact your your neighbor's career development!
Trump and his gang members are certainly aware how much killing a mom, shooting a young guy's eye out and gassing a little baby nearly to death tamp down demands for files about Trump's escapades with his partner Epstein.
Reading 1984 used to be required in both English and History classes. Brave New World, Animal Farm, and Maus used to be classic required reading. We're having my 14 year old grandson read these classic and imperative works now. Let me suggest that, by whatever mode, be it, comic, movie, etc., you sit down with your young ones and go over the books' warnings NOW. Better than signing them up for classes or sports, these are what will armor them in the further chaos to come.
I applaud Torres for his motives, but WOW is that QR code idea a terrible idea. Even if agents don't deliberately wear malicious QR codes that send people to sites that will compromise them, DHS will be in control of the sites that even the legitimate QR codes link to, allowing them to log and track the IP addresses of devices that view the page-- not just on the ground, but people who look them up from videos afterward.
My biggest worry all along has been that Democrats are not paranoid and nasty-minded enough for this moment. This isn't helping my anxiety.
The idea that we can out tech or train our way down from brownshirts roving the streets with impunity is just so indicative of the inability of some in the party to fully realize what time it is.
Great peice by Adrian. Thank you. This is the world worst I told you so. Black Americans have been telling you about the abuse/ violence at the hands of the state and you looked away for decades. Now that it's being used against you it's a problem. Maybe just maybe now... finally we can lock arms and hold the line together... and fulfill America's promise.
Call your Senators. Do it now. The Senate will be voting on continuing funding for ICE and DHS on (I think) 1/30. Tell them not one dime in continued ICE funding unless and until they're reined in. Here's a minimum of what that looks like:
First:
No masks. Badges required. Warrants required. Violent agents removed from service.
Second:
Restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet and arrest operations
Stop targeting people based on their race, language, accent, place of employment, or location
Stop Border Patrol deployment to our cities and stop its expansion in immigration enforcement
Limit DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority
Stop funds for reprogramming and transferring detention
Call your Senators now. Call every day until 1/30. Send emails. Forward this to everyone you know.
So how do the American people come together in solidarity for the brutality that is happening in Minnesota? I’m genuinely asking how do we support this movement? Protests are not working. Do we make phone calls to the main businesses?
Call your Senators, Democrat or Republican. The Senate will be voting on continuing funding for ICE and DHS on (I think) 1/30. Tell them not one dime in continued ICE funding unless they're reined in. Here's a minimum of what that looks like:
First:
No masks, badges required, warrants required, and violent agents removed from service
Second:
Restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet and arrest operations
Stop targeting people based on their race, language, accent, place of employment, or location
Stop Border Patrol deployment to our cities and stop its expansion in immigration enforcement
Limit DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority
Stop funds for reprogramming and transferring detention
Call your Senators now. Call every day until 1/30. Send emails. Forward this to everyone you know.
PLEASE - the rest of our country needs to attend to what is happening in Mineapolis. An ICE agent has murdered Renee Good. The trump adminsration is not investigating the action of the ICE agent but have stated theirt intent to investigate the spouse of Renee Good!
The illegal occupation of Minneapolis by federal agents continues with people being dragged from their vehicles and beaten; private homes, often with children, entered with the use of battering rams; tear gas, pepper spray, flash bangs, and rubber bullets used indiscriminately against protesters, and public schools being raided in attempts to apprehend perceived illegal immigrants. All while residents of Minneapolis legally attempt to safeguard their families and neighbors, under duress.
We need the support of all allies from all 50 states of our United States to stand with us NOW, less we all cede our rights to the regime behind this incursion.
I agree but I would like to take racial references out of your post. It is about respecting and honoring the actions and humanity of Americans responding to the total disrespect and lack the humanity for other Americans by ICE agents who are Americans! Been there, done that! History is rhyming again. We have to right this terrible wrong and protest we must.
I mean, conservatives have been telling us since time immemorial how awful the Federal government is. They should be thrilled. They've been preaching about "States' rights" - well, clearly the state of MN doesn't care about "illegals" in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They should be thrilled, right? Right???
I'm really surprised that I haven't see more about Trump's hypocrisy surrounding Iran's protesters and ours. That should be an obvious thing for even Republicans to call out, but of course they remain silent.
The idea that Good had "no dog in the fight" because she's a white woman is really missing the point. WE ARE ALL THE DOG IN THIS FIGHT!!
And still, even after killing American citizens, the Republicans refuse to reign in this lawless administration. They are as much to blame as the ICE agents themselves because they have the power to stop this.
Everyone of common human decency, of rational and reasoned mind, NEW this was coming, oh, say, by around 2016 ... in fact Trump, perhaps under the tutelage of of Bannon, promised this would be our state of affairs in short order.
It is so painful to try to suss out why (at least half) our population of decent people, including (especially?) our leadership has become paralyzed to respond effectively .
I look at my email inbox and all I see is fund raising efforts on the order of: this is just a normal political cycle please donate 5 bucks, and receive my new book... or such ...
This is a painful period in our history that I never, ever, even imagined (notwithstanding having read Orwell) would be our present tense
The most astute commentary I've read on what is happening was penned by occasional Bulwark contributor David French in NYT ["An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good"]. His theory was brought home to me recently by comments from a 32-year-old neighbor who is a college graduate and works as a bond trader for a reputable brokerage firm. When I have attempted to get him to pay attention to the unraveling of norms and the militarization of ICE by Trump, he brushes this off by saying it is toxic and has no bearing on his career development. He is a bright individual--and takes an interest in our local civic association--but is unwilling (unable?) to grasp that under the current circumstances we all have a civic duty to be well informed and to exercise critical judgment.
He is also myopic as hell. What does he think will happen to the bond market if the EU nations decide to dump their Treasury bonds on the market (especially if they time their sell-off to coincide with a Treasury Department auction) as retaliation for Trump's threatening Greenland?
We live in a globally interconnected world, and Trump's actions are going to leave the US more isolated, weaker, and poorer - and that will definitely have a big impact your your neighbor's career development!
Trump and his gang members are certainly aware how much killing a mom, shooting a young guy's eye out and gassing a little baby nearly to death tamp down demands for files about Trump's escapades with his partner Epstein.
Reading 1984 used to be required in both English and History classes. Brave New World, Animal Farm, and Maus used to be classic required reading. We're having my 14 year old grandson read these classic and imperative works now. Let me suggest that, by whatever mode, be it, comic, movie, etc., you sit down with your young ones and go over the books' warnings NOW. Better than signing them up for classes or sports, these are what will armor them in the further chaos to come.
I applaud Torres for his motives, but WOW is that QR code idea a terrible idea. Even if agents don't deliberately wear malicious QR codes that send people to sites that will compromise them, DHS will be in control of the sites that even the legitimate QR codes link to, allowing them to log and track the IP addresses of devices that view the page-- not just on the ground, but people who look them up from videos afterward.
My biggest worry all along has been that Democrats are not paranoid and nasty-minded enough for this moment. This isn't helping my anxiety.
The idea that we can out tech or train our way down from brownshirts roving the streets with impunity is just so indicative of the inability of some in the party to fully realize what time it is.
Yeah, it reeks of "This One Weird Trick Will Defeat ICE"
Great peice by Adrian. Thank you. This is the world worst I told you so. Black Americans have been telling you about the abuse/ violence at the hands of the state and you looked away for decades. Now that it's being used against you it's a problem. Maybe just maybe now... finally we can lock arms and hold the line together... and fulfill America's promise.
That's my hope, dh. Could we come out of this in a better place? It may be terrible getting there, though.
Adrian, Your work in this space is critical and highly valued. I have forwarded this piece to many people.
This is one old white guy who is ready to film and follow these thugs wherever they travel when they arrive in Phoenix.
Call your Senators. Do it now. The Senate will be voting on continuing funding for ICE and DHS on (I think) 1/30. Tell them not one dime in continued ICE funding unless and until they're reined in. Here's a minimum of what that looks like:
First:
No masks. Badges required. Warrants required. Violent agents removed from service.
Second:
Restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet and arrest operations
Stop targeting people based on their race, language, accent, place of employment, or location
Stop Border Patrol deployment to our cities and stop its expansion in immigration enforcement
Limit DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority
Stop funds for reprogramming and transferring detention
Call your Senators now. Call every day until 1/30. Send emails. Forward this to everyone you know.
So how do the American people come together in solidarity for the brutality that is happening in Minnesota? I’m genuinely asking how do we support this movement? Protests are not working. Do we make phone calls to the main businesses?
Call your Senators, Democrat or Republican. The Senate will be voting on continuing funding for ICE and DHS on (I think) 1/30. Tell them not one dime in continued ICE funding unless they're reined in. Here's a minimum of what that looks like:
First:
No masks, badges required, warrants required, and violent agents removed from service
Second:
Restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet and arrest operations
Stop targeting people based on their race, language, accent, place of employment, or location
Stop Border Patrol deployment to our cities and stop its expansion in immigration enforcement
Limit DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority
Stop funds for reprogramming and transferring detention
Call your Senators now. Call every day until 1/30. Send emails. Forward this to everyone you know.
I call daily. And I just introduced 5 calls to my parents do they can easily call as well. Many thanks for your response!
PLEASE - the rest of our country needs to attend to what is happening in Mineapolis. An ICE agent has murdered Renee Good. The trump adminsration is not investigating the action of the ICE agent but have stated theirt intent to investigate the spouse of Renee Good!
The illegal occupation of Minneapolis by federal agents continues with people being dragged from their vehicles and beaten; private homes, often with children, entered with the use of battering rams; tear gas, pepper spray, flash bangs, and rubber bullets used indiscriminately against protesters, and public schools being raided in attempts to apprehend perceived illegal immigrants. All while residents of Minneapolis legally attempt to safeguard their families and neighbors, under duress.
We need the support of all allies from all 50 states of our United States to stand with us NOW, less we all cede our rights to the regime behind this incursion.
Thanks for the information. Keep the fight going.
I agree but I would like to take racial references out of your post. It is about respecting and honoring the actions and humanity of Americans responding to the total disrespect and lack the humanity for other Americans by ICE agents who are Americans! Been there, done that! History is rhyming again. We have to right this terrible wrong and protest we must.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
I mean, conservatives have been telling us since time immemorial how awful the Federal government is. They should be thrilled. They've been preaching about "States' rights" - well, clearly the state of MN doesn't care about "illegals" in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They should be thrilled, right? Right???