Just when we thought things were bad, the regime decided now would be a good time to bomb Iran. Because, things weren't bad enough, apparently.
I mean, now I understand why people didn't flee when fascist governments took over. It's hard to leave behind everything, especially when you have no marketable skills to take elsewhere. I'm learning all sorts of things that I really didn't want to know about living under this sort of government. Sigh.
In case you weren't aware, Los Angeles has been invaded by ICE, and they're kidnapping people off the streets. On Bluesky, Totoro in a Dodgers Bucket Hat explained how ICE has adapted their tactics due to community pushback. (And here's that same thread formatted like an article.) Pay attention, because they're just starting in LA. They'd like to do this nationwide.
You know who Stephen Miller is, right? If you're unfamiliar, it's time to learn who he is. Because, he's the one behind the ICE kidnapping raids. The best thing in these times is to bring into public awareness all the stuff various people behind the scenes are trying to do without attracting attention. Let's give them attention. I don't think things will go so well once the public is largely aware of what they are doing.
Keep calling your MOC and your senators. Even if they're on the side of the regime. Even if they're supposedly not. Remind them that they work for us. Remind them that there's more they can do to resist. They're not acting like we're living in a fascist regime. We need to wake them up to the fact that we are.
(Reminder: 5 Calls gives you phone numbers and scripts to help.)
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Miller is Goebbels. His Jewish ancestors are rolling in their graves.
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DeleteUgh, the bombing made me sick to my stomach.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteLike anyone believes there's a cease fire to end up in the end of the war. At least I don't. And I don't believe there won't be retaliation to the US. He poked a hornet's nest.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteI don't get how the supreme court will allow now migrants taken by ICE to be shipped to countries other than their country of origin, like the Sudan, a horrific place to end up.
ReplyDeleteEvery day I wake up to a new horror. SCOTUS has turned into the worst.
DeleteI feel almost like it's not significant to call my local supervisor regarding neighborhood issues what with the LOOMING challenges swirling around us. It's truly hard not to feel paralyzed by what is happening, currently. Be safe. x
ReplyDeleteBut it is significant. We have to keep pushing back. Every little bit helps. It might not seem like it now, but someday we'll know it did.
DeleteYes! If we all throw our hands up and say it doesn't matter, we're doomed. Little seemingly insignificant pushbacks add up.
DeleteVery true.
DeleteThat must be so terrifying for people.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is becoming a frightening place!
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteThere is way too much obeying in advance, and one sees the safeguards fall one by one by one as the current administration pokes the justice system and other systems and they don't poke back. The saddest thing is them using "we're fighting against antisemitism" as an excuse for some of what they are doing. Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteYes! It's the obeying in advance that really gets me. Why? Although, some of the media stuff (like the CBS stuff) I'm now learning that behind the scenes stuff (to not renew licenses) is going on as well. So some obeying in advance isn't so much.
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