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A screenshot from a court filing reads, in part: "Julio Noriega is 54 years old, was born in Chicago, and is a U.S. citizen. On January 31, 2025, he was walking near the corner of Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses. As he walked out of a Jiffy Lube, he was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van, without an opportunity to explain his citizenship. The officers drove Julio and others around for more than an hour before bringing him to an ICE processing center, where he remained, still handcuffed, for several more hours. All the while, Julio had a wallet containing identification that ICE had confiscated. The officers never showed Julio a warrant, and they did not ask him any questions to ascertain whether he was a noncitizen or a flight risk. After about 10 hours, ICE officers reviewed the contents of Julio’s wallet, realized he was a U.S. citizen, and released him with no money and no paperwork."

A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.

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Our government may have killed Kennedy, but the ones willing to carry out such have been handed power now. They wouldn't spill the gravy boat now...

It's white on the tip of my tongue...

The post is toilet paper. No surprise.

YouTube video by Guardian News US House hearing ends abruptly after Republican misgenders trans member

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Nor should a single moment of that hearing continue. #transrightsnow #youwillrespectus

I suppose I don't.

You're right. This conversation is fruitless. I apologize for wasting your time as it is clear that my opinions and experience mean little and less to you. Have a great day.

fingers that typed them.

is to pay that forward. To make the path open to any i encounter. So yes. My shoulders. I carry the weight of the racist ancestors in my family tree. But I do not ignore it. Nor do I do nothing with it. So I certainly did not, and would not, disregard the words you said because of the color of the

I am. So very sorry. And my shitty Mississippi relatives who i have dog cussed to their faces can rot in hell for their part in it. And i am painfully aware of the headstart i got in life being born white and assigned male. But as I've said. I'm a social worker. My entire career, my mission in life

As I said. Conceded. Woefully inadequate. Meek and sad. The bare minimum. Thank the gods for Al Green. For AOC. For Ilhan Omar. But silence is STILL violence.

You are speaking to a trans woman living in the deep south. I'm well fucking aware what's at stake.

But to be clearer- you didn't answer my question. What reason are you implying? Because you're black? I take deep offense to that implication. And I'm deeply sorry that your life experience has led you to expect that. But you don't know me.

I want an attempt to understand, rather than taking individual words to an extreme. "Doing nothing" is a common phrase to describe inadequacy. But sure. "Doing very little." "Voting against bills while rarely actually speaking out." "Giving shows of resistance with minimal substance"

Newsom’s move on trans athletes jolts 2028 campaign Some have blamed the party's position on trans athletes in sports for their poor electoral performance in November. Now, presidential hopefuls face a choice.

That he hosted Kirk. He is courting the right who hate MAGA. Maybe it works. Maybe once he gets in he will be a champion. But I sincerely doubt it. Public opinion does not dictate my right to existence.

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But nationally? Centrist and even near left Dems are showing weakness on LGBTQ issues. They know that their seats are in jeopardy by supporting our rights. And so we will be "abandoned for political expediency". Newsom is planning a run in 2028 (should we still have those...). It is no coincidence

Attack ads that ran, as well as how they were targeted. I get it. Shut up about the identity issues on the campaign trail. But NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with doing nothing while in office. Narrowly defeated the ban on athletes, and I'm proud of that. Proud of Montana for doing what's right,

Why would that be? Because I was on my 30 minute lunch break and then had to get back working as a social worker for shit pay supporting terrified families of children with disabilities? Or some other reason? I have read the first article, am aware of Harris and Walz's history of support, and the

of the decorum rules.” Comer, openly smirking and chuckling at the situation, told Connelly that he was “not up to date on my politically correct LGBTQ terminology.”
Connelly’s only response was to “thank the chair for his willingness to further engage in this matter.”
They. Are. Cowed.

It’s Pathetic That Dems Can’t Stop Nancy Mace From Saying the T-Slur in Congress In the face of flagrant hate speech, Democrats have largely remained silent.

Also...

www.them.us/story/nancy-... some quotes:
Connelly addressed committee Chair Rep. James Comer, a Republican, to contend that “a level of decorum requires us to try consciously to avoid slurs,” and to “ask [for] a parliamentary inquiry whether the use of that phrase is not in fact a violation

And 10 helped.

This. This is what I have been yelling. Keep being told to "stop complaining about dems, they're not the problem!" Ffs. If they do nothing, they are COMPLICIT.

Exposure to strong women, when your whole experience has been deference, must be whiplash-inducing.

ONE member put himself on the line. And Representative Green doubled down after his censure. And it stirred up the Dems, finally, to resist their colleagues. But we are in it now. And it may be too late. But silently doing nothing, as so many are, WILL expedite.

It's all of them. And if you believe otherwise, I'm not really sure how to discuss with you.

If this is in response to me, I said nothing about Harris. Voted for her. Supported her. But the number of dems, including Gavin Newsom and many others, throwing trans people under the bus to keep their piece of the pie is disgusting.

YES. YES WE DO. Because during their elections, they ABANDONED us in the trans community. It was politically expedient to do so. Now that they are 6 years from election year, they stand up. But even now they wring their hands at Trump and mope. YES. WE COMPLAIN. They are playing games with our lives

Also two very different definitions of "identity politics".