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Post by doublestuf on Dec 14, 2018 19:55:38 GMT -6
Holy fuck. Border Patrol agents have been dumping out gallons of water left by good samaritans in the desert for migrants. They are on camera just kicking the jugs like a soccer ball.
There's a special place in Hell for these people. There just has to be.
Oh and DHS released a statement and basically blamed the parents for the little girl's death because you know they didn't have to make this journey. I want these assholes charged and prosecuted. They are so fucking vile.
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Post by layloo on Dec 14, 2018 19:58:17 GMT -6
Federal judge in Texas has ruled the entire ACA is unconstitutional. What. The actual. Fuck. I mean it’s Texas so there is that. But WHAT??????? Unconstitutional??? I can’t.
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Post by doublestuf on Dec 14, 2018 20:01:04 GMT -6
Some levity.
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Post by cnf on Dec 14, 2018 20:11:45 GMT -6
Holy fuck. Border Patrol agents have been dumping out gallons of water left by good samaritans in the desert for migrants. They are on camera just kicking the jugs like a soccer ball. There's a special place in Hell for these people. There just has to be. Oh and DHS released a statement and basically blamed the parents for the little girl's death because you know they didn't have to make this journey. I want these assholes charged and prosecuted. They are so fucking vile. The video of it on Twitter it made my stomach churn watching it. I'm so horrified by the whole situation at the border. I feel like we're really sunk on the situation. Like how can we possibly fix the horrors down there? I feel lost and heartbroken over it.
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Post by cnf on Dec 14, 2018 20:13:46 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 14, 2018 20:22:28 GMT -6
Hi. I’ve been xmas shopping since early this morning.
Just now checking in. I see shit is still crazy.
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Post by doublestuf on Dec 14, 2018 20:51:07 GMT -6
Holy fuck. Border Patrol agents have been dumping out gallons of water left by good samaritans in the desert for migrants. They are on camera just kicking the jugs like a soccer ball. There's a special place in Hell for these people. There just has to be. Oh and DHS released a statement and basically blamed the parents for the little girl's death because you know they didn't have to make this journey. I want these assholes charged and prosecuted. They are so fucking vile. The video of it on Twitter it made my stomach churn watching it. I'm so horrified by the whole situation at the border. I feel like we're really sunk on the situation. Like how can we possibly fix the horrors down there? I feel lost and heartbroken over it. The thing is, it is so fixable. They are trying to make conditions upon arriving in the US worse than in their own country. They are manufacturing this cruelty. Rep Jayapal pointed out on Chris Hayes that this will never happen because they are fleeing death in their own countries. It's worth the risk to them. She made a great point that they're not coming here to chase the American Dream. They literally don't want to be raped, tortured, or killed. I just hate that that Shitstain and all his corruption means that this is getting so little coverage. This is a humans rights violation of epic proportions in the fucking United States of all places.
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Post by oreobitsy on Dec 14, 2018 20:51:50 GMT -6
Hugs. I know exactly what you mean. You just don't know what may escalate. I am a big fan of the social workers in libraries. Other than the frontline work, they also can provide really valuable training to library staff on how to better serve populations. I never had classes in library school discussing specific issues or challenges related to library customers. I got those through my library's social workers and it helped me be better at serving our community.
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Post by oreobitsy on Dec 14, 2018 20:52:56 GMT -6
MSNBC teases that the courthouse lockdown was a an unknown person fighting a Mueller subpoena CNN is reporting it too. Twitter chatter says Pence. I would buy it being Pence. Or maybe Kushner.
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Post by richard on Dec 14, 2018 20:56:02 GMT -6
Federal judge in Texas has ruled the entire ACA is unconstitutional. What. The actual. Fuck. Oh shit. I've been waiting on this ruling.
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Post by richard on Dec 14, 2018 20:58:56 GMT -6
The judge is suuuuuper conservative so I shouldn't be surprised but REALLY?
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Post by Minerva on Dec 14, 2018 21:08:24 GMT -6
Hugs. I know exactly what you mean. You just don't know what may escalate. I am a big fan of the social workers in libraries. Other than the frontline work, they also can provide really valuable training to library staff on how to better serve populations. I never had classes in library school discussing specific issues or challenges related to library customers. I got those through my library's social workers and it helped me be better at serving our community. My brother is currently a staffer in an urban library system and will be graduating with an MSW in May. They are talking about creating a new position for him. Some of the stories he has from work are intense. In particular, there have been a lot of ODs. Many of the staff are now trained to administer Norcan.
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Post by richard on Dec 14, 2018 21:11:34 GMT -6
This going back to SCOTUS makes me feel slightly nauseous. Even though the 5 who upheld the ACA before are still on the court, I just...
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Post by charlotte on Dec 15, 2018 1:10:54 GMT -6
Really wish I hadn’t checked my news alerts when I was up feeding the baby.
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Post by sherminator on Dec 15, 2018 4:36:27 GMT -6
Ok but Newt's pretty crazy I cooked for him at a fundraiser when he was a presidential nom back in 2012. It was reallyyyyy hard to go into work that day. he has tgiving dinner at the same place every year- a place that MY friend cooked for him. And also the obligatory f -Walker post.
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Post by cmb on Dec 15, 2018 5:22:47 GMT -6
The judge is suuuuuper conservative so I shouldn't be surprised but REALLY? Yes, because making sure all people have a basic minimal level of care and not being able to be discriminated against is unconstitutional 🙄🙄 (sarcasm is high in my comment)
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Post by cnf on Dec 15, 2018 5:31:50 GMT -6
The video of it on Twitter it made my stomach churn watching it. I'm so horrified by the whole situation at the border. I feel like we're really sunk on the situation. Like how can we possibly fix the horrors down there? I feel lost and heartbroken over it. The thing is, it is so fixable. They are trying to make conditions upon arriving in the US worse than in their own country. They are manufacturing this cruelty. Rep Jayapal pointed out on Chris Hayes that this will never happen because they are fleeing death in their own countries. It's worth the risk to them. She made a great point that they're not coming here to chase the American Dream. They literally don't want to be raped, tortured, or killed. I just hate that that Shitstain and all his corruption means that this is getting so little coverage. This is a humans rights violation of epic proportions in the fucking United States of all places. I understand it's fixable, but it feels like as long as Trump is in office it won't get fixed. And it just feels so unfair and makes me angry and sad.
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Post by richard on Dec 15, 2018 7:40:56 GMT -6
If anyone needs a heartwarming story. I love this one about this woman, her dad and Charles Barkley.
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Post by richard on Dec 15, 2018 8:01:32 GMT -6
Zinke's out. JFC, these names....
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Post by enchanted on Dec 15, 2018 8:15:32 GMT -6
Oh yes. Please pick Scott Walker who fucked Wisconsin over. Now he can do it on a national scale. FFS.
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Post by greykitty on Dec 15, 2018 8:33:11 GMT -6
richard, thank you for sharing that story. I'm sitting here weeping. There is still good in the world….
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 9:13:31 GMT -6
I cooked for him at a fundraiser when he was a presidential nom back in 2012. It was reallyyyyy hard to go into work that day. he has tgiving dinner at the same place every year- a place that MY friend cooked for him. And also the obligatory f -Walker post. I was supposed to cook for Walker during all of the Act 10 bullshit. The entire staff threatened to revolt and we were all sternly warned that if any of us stepped out of line we'd be out of a job. He was being hosted by a v,v wealthy local business man (you can probably guess who). Fortunately the event was canceled because I seriously considered saying fuck it and getting a new job.
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Post by doublestuf on Dec 15, 2018 10:25:57 GMT -6
The video of it on Twitter it made my stomach churn watching it. I'm so horrified by the whole situation at the border. I feel like we're really sunk on the situation. Like how can we possibly fix the horrors down there? I feel lost and heartbroken over it. CBP has been dumping water and food left by angel orgs for years, well back into the Obama years at least. Jesus. I mean that doesn't actually deter people, just makes them suffer or die. Ugh we can do so much better.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Dec 15, 2018 12:26:28 GMT -6
If anyone needs a heartwarming story. I love this one about this woman, her dad and Charles Barkley. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Post by joelies on Dec 15, 2018 13:13:17 GMT -6
CBP has been dumping water and food left by angel orgs for years, well back into the Obama years at least. Jesus. I mean that doesn't actually deter people, just makes them suffer or die. Ugh we can do so much better. I remember listening to this interview on NPR by this guy who worked with ICE for about a year and wrote a book about it. He said his former co-workers seemed legitimately surprised and even baffled that that sort of thing - dumping water and removing supplies - bothered him so much. There is no explanation to me other than that they don't see immigrants as human. It's sickening.
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Post by sctiger on Dec 15, 2018 15:10:03 GMT -6
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Post by richard on Dec 15, 2018 16:30:32 GMT -6
I wonder how long the OMB thing will last for Mulvaney.
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Post by richard on Dec 15, 2018 16:38:46 GMT -6
Or the COS thing I guess. Lol.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Dec 15, 2018 18:44:39 GMT -6
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Post by sherminator on Dec 15, 2018 18:58:25 GMT -6
Oh yes. Please pick Scott Walker who fucked Wisconsin over. Now he can do it on a national scale. FFS. He who would jump at the chance, vain, arrogant stupid and a lackey-in short the the perfect candidate
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