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tusk81, 8 hours ago to random

Immigrants have a long and distinguished history of serving in the US military. This #MemorialDay, we also remember that some have made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. According to one figure, 300 foreign-born soldiers died in combat between 2001 and 2013. https://americasvoice.org/blog/immigrants-have-long-served-their-country-in-the-u-s-military-some-have-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice/

tusk81, 5 days ago to random

“The Biden administration has now canceled about $167 billion in loans for 4.75 million borrowers, or roughly one in 10 federal loan holders, wiping away $35,000 in debt on average.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/biden-student-loan-relief.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.kmC2.KzJ5GZWnfgCI&smid=url-share

tusk81, 5 days ago to random

Marco Rubio, a son of Cuban immigrants, “is fully on board with Trump sending troops in humvees and armored personnel carriers to the neighborhoods of communities in Miami and Hialeah to round up anyone who the deportation force thinks is undocumented.” 👇🏽 https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/rubios-radicalization-from-citizenship?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1728374&post_id=144882875&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=cxpc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

tusk81, 6 days ago to random

“‘This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court,’ Karoline Leavitt, the campaign press secretary, said in a statement.”

Why should anyone give liars the benefit of the doubt?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-2024-rhetoric-germany-antisemitism-31002afb91b642c0314223d19e51f427

tusk81, 6 days ago to random

Conspiracy theorist Elise Stefanik, who has unapologetically echoed the same antisemitic “invasion” rhetoric as the Buffalo mass shooter, “doesn’t want anyone to remember her time criticizing Donald Trump. In fact, she’ll lose her mind if you try to bring it up.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/181739/elise-stefanik-trump-pivot?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Twitter

tusk81, 8 days ago to random

The Florida crash that resulted in the deaths of eight farmworkers harkens to the Baltimore bridge collapse, which killed six immigrant workers. These men were among millions of essential workers.

But they shouldn’t have to die to have their work honored. Their labor should be recognized every day. More at America’s Voice:

https://americasvoice.org/blog/essential-immigrant-workers-shouldnt-have-to-die-to-have-their-work-recognized-and-respected/

tusk81, 9 days ago to random

The Republican nominee for president reiterates that he doesn’t give a shit about dead children.

tusk81, 9 days ago to random

Alito “can act like a brain-poisoned hack on the bench for the same reason that he can shrug off his own household’s association with the most dangerous and demented MAGA conspiracy theorists: There will never be consequences for his offenses.” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/alito-flag-supreme-court-justices-stop-the-steal-ethics-rules-pitiful.html

tusk81, 10 days ago to random

“Trump’s mass deportation plans: Why 2025 will be different,” writes former American Immigration Lawyers Association president David Leopold.

"The restraints held back the worst excesses that soiled the previous promises of mass deportation will no longer be in place.”

https://americasvoice.org/blog/trumps-mass-deportation-plans-why-2025-will-be-different/

tusk81, 10 days ago to random

"Dreamers may have long histories in America, but they have no place in MAGA’s color-coded vision of the American future,” Francis Wilkinson writes. “In the White House, Trump tried to phase out #DACA.”

That was blocked in a 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court in June 2020. But that slim majority is now gone. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-16/dreamers-likely-to-face-deportation-in-a-trump-administration #HereToStay

tusk81, 10 days ago to random

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

tusk81, 10 days ago to random

“During these conversations Christian is secretly taking photographs of women in the bars and sending them to Bridget”—Bridget as in Moms For Liberty cofounder Bridget Ziegler—“asking her if she wants this one or that one. Bridget is telling him to pretend to take pictures of his beer … She tells him ‘Don’t come home until your dick is wet.’”

https://floridatrident.org/sex-barflies-and-videotape-report-details-how-gop-power-couple-prowled-pubs-for-threesome-partners/

tusk81, 10 days ago to random

I mean what else is there to say except expand the mfing court✨

tusk81, 11 days ago to random

This wk marked two yrs since a gunman motivated by white nationalist and antisemitic “replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theory murdered ten Black Americans in Buffalo.

Despite this death toll, this rhetoric has been fully adopted by the GOP. See our report: https://americasvoice.org/press_releases/on-two-year-anniversary-of-buffalo-white-nationalist-attack-on-black-americans-replacement-theory-has-only-gone-more-mainstream/

tusk81, 11 days ago to random

In recent days, top Republicans have openly refused to pledge to respect the results of the upcoming election if it doesn't go their way.

Tim Scott, for example, was pressed three times on whether he’d accept the results – and refused to directly answer each time.

Virginia’s Jen Kiggans, meanwhile, is nodding along.👇🏽

https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/rep-jen-kiggans-friends-are-spreading?r=u9dt4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

tusk81, 11 days ago to random

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post “largely failed to cover Trump’s plan to deport 11 million immigrants, among other extreme immigration policies, mentioning it in only 10% of all the articles Media Matters examined."

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/mainstream-print-outlets-fail-adequately-cover-far-right-agenda-laid-out-trump-time

tusk81, 12 days ago to random

A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren sent a letter Tuesday night urging the Department of Homeland Security and ICE to shut down four private detention centers.

Contracts for two of those facilities are up for renewal this week: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senators-shut-down-ice-detention-centers_n_6644d192e4b00df0c6b6b41a?tyq

tusk81, 12 days ago to random

“The gag order bars Trump from continuing to attack Merchan's daughter (although he is free to attack Merchan). But many of Trump's surrogates attacked Merchan's daughter over the last few days, using very similar language … The similarity of the comments suggests an organized campaign.”

https://popular.info/p/is-trump-orchestrating-a-new-criminal

tusk81, 12 days ago to random

"Two years after Buffalo mass shooting, Trump's GOP is all-in on racist theory that motivated it.

It’s typical now to hear MAGA Republicans spewing the toxic bigotry that forms the basis of the 'great replacement theory.'"

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna152246

tusk81, 12 days ago to random

“I don’t find anything unusual about a fundamentalist theocrat who thinks the Bible is the supreme law of the land attending the legal proceedings of an adjudicated sexual assailant and world-class fraudster and con-man for cooking the books to cover up hush money payments he made to a porn star to conceal his adulterous affair,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin. “Do you?” https://www.thedailybeast.com/speaker-mike-johnson-is-the-next-suck-up-to-visit-trump-trial

tusk81, 14 days ago to random

Throughout the GOP, there’s been a widespread and deliberate effort to use deadly white nationalist rhetoric to incite fear and violence—which puts everyone at risk of another tragedy like Buffalo, which took the lives of ten Black Americans on May 14, 2022. View the report here: https://bit.ly/3K1SUr6

tusk81, 16 days ago to random

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

tusk81, 16 days ago to random

World Central Kitchen: "We have 276 trucks, with the equivalent of almost 8 million meals, ready to enter through the Rafah Crossing. Dozens of these trucks have already entered Gaza this week. To date we have distributed more than 46 million meals and we are eager and ready to deliver millions more." https://wck.org/news/resume-work-gaza

tusk81, 16 days ago to random

"Trump’s attorney then accused her of profiting off Trump’s trial by 'shilling merchandise,' prompting Daniels to fire back: 'Not unlike Mr. Trump.'"

"Trump sat nearby, often closing his eyes. But he became so incensed by Daniels’ testimony that the judge urged his attorneys to warn him against making his feelings so obvious in front of the jury."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stormy-daniels-testimony-trumps-hush-money-trial_n_663be115e4b0c38baf0ec262

tusk81, 16 days ago to random

Oh just thinking about this again.