byjove
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Post by byjove on Jun 25, 2018 10:35:47 GMT -6
I have a friend going to the Women's March/Civil Disobedience event on Thursday. It looks like they expecting a lot of arrests. Is anyone here planning to go to that?
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Post by cakewench on Jun 25, 2018 12:19:58 GMT -6
Fort Bliss and Goodfellow Air Force Base will be used to house undocumented immigrants:
Did they pick names for the irony?
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Post by doublestuf on Jun 25, 2018 12:46:26 GMT -6
According to a CBS poll, 27% of people favor separating children from parents caught entering the US illegally. Fucking monsters. His base is so so so vile and privileged and xenophobic.
46% believe they should be punished and 54% believe they should be treated well as an act of kindness.
I just wish I knew how many of these people considered themselves Evangelicals. Fucking hypocrites.
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Post by emilyinparis on Jun 25, 2018 12:55:12 GMT -6
This all so so heartbreaking. I'm trying to think of a way to host a fundraiser of some sort to raise money to donate to RAICES or another org that's helping these families get back together.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 13:03:16 GMT -6
According to a CBS poll, 27% of people favor separating children from parents caught entering the US illegally. Fucking monsters. His base is so so so vile and privileged and xenophobic. 46% believe they should be punished and 54% believe they should be treated well as an act of kindness. I just wish I knew how many of these people considered themselves Evangelicals. Fucking hypocrites. I just made myself sick reading the comments to the CNN video of Elizabeth Warren describing her visit to a detention center. Based on those comments, I’m not surprised by these numbers. People suck.
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Post by Bookshelves on Jun 25, 2018 13:59:33 GMT -6
If you search it on Twitter, there are, like, a million hits. I feel like searching that term on twitter brings you to a wretched hive of scum and villainy that I have no desire to look at deeper. I did a cursory search in the name of political science and noped out of there real fast.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 6:03:54 GMT -6
Joy Reid describes her tour of the Tornillo tent city: Oh look, a private contractor making bank off of mass incarceration.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 6:05:14 GMT -6
This whole "We're just taking your child for a bath" thing they are telling these parents is an extra layer of messed up bc why does the United States government want people thinking they are bathing minor children without their parent present? That's just begging for allegations of abuse.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 6:05:50 GMT -6
If you're going to lie, don't like AND make yourself creepy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 7:23:16 GMT -6
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Post by rvasc on Jun 26, 2018 10:29:36 GMT -6
If you follow Sojourners on Facebook, they are covering the arrest of several faith leaders happening right now outside the White House because they were protesting. Among them are William Barber, Shane Clairborne and Jim Wallis. They bound William Barber’s hands...he walks with a cane.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 11:01:45 GMT -6
This whole "We're just taking your child for a bath" thing they are telling these parents is an extra layer of messed up bc why does the United States government want people thinking they are bathing minor children without their parent present? That's just begging for allegations of abuse. NPR this morning was covering the fact that several parents have signed voluntary deportation forms because they are being told they will be reunited at the airport with their children if they do so. They will not be reunited with their children at the airport. It could be months before their children are returned to them, if at all. They asked the journalist looking into this if it was just a rogue CBP agent telling people this. It's not. This has happened to a lot of people. I mean Hillary was right. Deplorable.
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Post by athn64 on Jun 26, 2018 11:08:25 GMT -6
If you follow Sojourners on Facebook, they are covering the arrest of several faith leaders happening right now outside the White House because they were protesting. Among them are William Barber, Shane Clairborne and Jim Wallis. They bound William Barber’s hands...he walks with a cane. Basic compassion seems to be missing in this administration. Do they have any human feelings at all? I am glad these faith leaders are standing up and saying something.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 12:44:31 GMT -6
I just had an alarming thought. What if family separation was a ruse to prime public opinion for overturning Flores and being able to keep children in literal jails
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Post by regal on Jun 26, 2018 12:46:27 GMT -6
I just had an alarming thought. What if family separation was a ruse to prime public opinion for overturning Flores and being able to keep children in literal jails I wouldn't put it past them.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 26, 2018 12:47:08 GMT -6
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Post by cakewench on Jun 26, 2018 12:48:54 GMT -6
I just had an alarming thought. What if family separation was a ruse to prime public opinion for overturning Flores and being able to keep children in literal jails I don't want to give them that much credit but also Stephen Miller is an asshole, so...
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Post by dc2london on Jun 26, 2018 15:14:06 GMT -6
You know what I find striking? Every picture I have seen of kids being flown commercially be DHS/HHS is adolescent boys in government issue hoodies. I find it interesting that they are giving them hoodies.
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Post by Minerva on Jun 26, 2018 15:31:52 GMT -6
I am just getting back into this thread after some time away from the internet. Is anyone here planning to participate in the Lawyer Moms of America Day of Action to deliver letters to Senators and Representatives on Friday? I’m planning to attend the event local to me, despite not being a lawyer.
Just thinking about the revelations and events of the past two weeks is making me sick to my stomach. This shit is really, really bad. Those poor babies and parents. Our country is committing crimes against humanity, we have the evidence, and we haven’t yet been able to make it stop.
I just keep thinking that if DS was separated from me like that, it would destroy him. Fuck Donald Trump and his fucking WH and ICE/CBP minions.
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Post by danascullyx on Jun 27, 2018 12:42:34 GMT -6
Got a reply from my asshole rep, Rohrabacher. He said he does not accept messages sent through systems like Resistbot and will not be addressing my concerns because I might have been hacked.
Fuck you.
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Post by athn64 on Jun 27, 2018 12:52:31 GMT -6
Got a reply from my asshole rep, Rohrabacher. He said he does not accept messages sent through systems like Resistbot and will not be addressing my concerns because I might have been hacked. Fuck you. I have yet to get a reply from Davis. I did get a blathering one from my request that he stop the dismantling of our government about how he values education. But not one peep on the family separations.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jun 27, 2018 12:53:08 GMT -6
Got a reply from my asshole rep, Rohrabacher. He said he does not accept messages sent through systems like Resistbot and will not be addressing my concerns because I might have been hacked. Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuuuuckkkk Rohrbacher. What a lame ass cop out
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Post by piratecat on Jun 27, 2018 13:55:44 GMT -6
Got a reply from my asshole rep, Rohrabacher. He said he does not accept messages sent through systems like Resistbot and will not be addressing my concerns because I might have been hacked. Fuck you. I have yet to get a reply from Davis. I did get a blathering one from my request that he stop the dismantling of our government about how he values education. But not one peep on the family separations. I haven't gotten a response from Collins either. Angus King did send me a response the other day.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 27, 2018 14:01:05 GMT -6
Got a reply from my asshole rep, Rohrabacher. He said he does not accept messages sent through systems like Resistbot and will not be addressing my concerns because I might have been hacked. Fuck you. Did you try re-sending it in Russian? I literally just snort laughed at my desk
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Post by dc2london on Jun 27, 2018 15:37:01 GMT -6
I just got a text from MoveOn saying they want everyone to wear white on Saturday, FYI for rally-goers
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Post by enchanted on Jun 27, 2018 18:20:42 GMT -6
Apparently there is a hunger strike to oppose the current immigration policies of this administration and 90 year old Ethel Kennedy has joined it.
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Post by tallb on Jun 27, 2018 20:09:23 GMT -6
I just had an alarming thought. What if family separation was a ruse to prime public opinion for overturning Flores and being able to keep children in literal jails I have seen this floated around, I think it's the overton window theory - they do something so so awful (like this) and then when they do something slightly less awful (jailing families together), the public will accept it since it's somewhat better. No doubt this is what's happening. F*ckers.
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Post by tallb on Jun 27, 2018 20:13:27 GMT -6
Politico reports that the GAO and HHS IG have launched investigationd on how the admin has handled separating children. Not that I trust anything in the federal government anymore, but am glad to see this.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 30, 2018 18:24:06 GMT -6
This may have been discussed, but where is the best place to donate to help reunite families right now? I donated to RAICES a little bit ago but wasn’t sure if that was still the best place. I’m going to do a small fundraiser with my bakery and put the money towards helping families reunite.
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Post by mapleme on Jul 1, 2018 3:41:35 GMT -6
This may have been discussed, but where is the best place to donate to help reunite families right now? I donated to RAICES a little bit ago but wasn’t sure if that was still the best place. I’m going to do a small fundraiser with my bakery and put the money towards helping families reunite. RAICES is still a solid spot. They're devoting their resources to helping parents track down kids and make sure kids have representation in their hearings. Awesome, thank you!
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