37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year

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Shax says “The reason you should care…is not that it could happen ti you but that it is already happening to others.”

Stolen from a wholesome trek fb page

Many people picture a democracy becoming authoritarian as a single dramatic event, like the Bolsheviks capturing the Winter Palace in 1917.

But often, especially in the 21st century, there never is one. It's more gradual, a process in fits and starts.

Good explanation of that here:

Exactly

I agree with Ben but have a small editing suggestion

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

This proves five things:

1. The protests in LA were peaceful
2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary
3. ICE officers lie
4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown
5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case

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WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.

This was the order of events:

1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.

2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.

3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.

4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.

This is wrong on so many levels

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I have never once, in my entire life, regretted a decision to act kindly.

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.

Just in time for Independence Day.

God damn you, America.

Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.

Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.
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Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.

Imagine this is you.

You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Unbearable and important:

the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.

It makes sense - I think it's starting to dawn on normies that ICE is going to become Trump's political police, and that mission creep from immigration enforcement to general policing is a feature and not a bug.

#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.

It was the best kind of chaos though. I loved your raves!

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I noticed it and was about to say something but I must have gotten distracted. Love the shirt!

We now have a concentration camp in Florida.

Stop pretending any of this is normal.

If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.

Be human.