Nina Trepanier Schmidt

To republican members of Congress (and other Republicans): you realize this includes you, right?

“Trump is claiming the power to ignore…the U.S. Constitution, declare someone a criminal, kidnap them, send them to a third country, and claim that there is no way to get [them] back.”

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

We're on that path for arrests of political speech.
They've literally kidnapped non-citizens and sent them to El Salvador. (No other word - it is not deportation - it is sending people to a foreign prison. The best way to describe that: state-directed kidnapping)

Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.

this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state

in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language - NewsBreak A Hmong American woman who is a mother of five has been deported from the Milwaukee area to Laos , a country she has never set foot in, according to a new

A Hmong American woman, Ma Yang, 37, who is a mother of five has been deported from the Milwaukee area to Laos.

She does not speak the language, knows no one, and says the military is holding all of her documents.

#MomSky
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA

7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.

My 96 year old gramma had this original artwork by www.instagram.com/artbymalachi...
proudly hung in her assisted living apartment . Rad.

Thank you for sharing! I haven't finished the podcast yet, so my opinion isnt formed yet, but absolutely understand the danger in putting autistic people in this magical category.Can there must be some medium where we don't make them unicorns but we also believe what they tell us?

www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

This is some autocratic b.s.! The Trump regime removed artwork from the walls of the U.S. Agency for International Development offices, to ensure the office decor aligns with Trump's "America First" mission, per NBC News.

With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.

Trump signed an executive order that encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding.
This hearkens back to a really dark time for our country. Totally unacceptable! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

The coolest siblings ever

January 28, 2025 During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025, a plan for a second Trump term prepared by a number of right-wing institutions led by the Heritage Foundation.

January 28. 2025