Two #identitypolitics factions. One Racist Agenda.

"If you were waiting for Democrats to capitulate on the issue they claimed during #Trump’s last term was dearest to their heart, his hostility to #immigrants, you didn’t have to wait long. A bill called The #LakenRileyAct is zipping through #USCongress, already approved in the House and moving quickly in the Senate."

#Democrats in full retreat on #immigration

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/democrats-in-full-retreat-on-immigration

#GoodNews #LAfires #volonteers #volonteering #immigrants #MutualHelp #donations #Anarchy #anarchists #solidarity

THIS is how you do it! Even if these helping people don't know about it, actually they are the true anarchists at their best. ❤️

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEtSkHIvatS/

Adrian Carrasquillo reports on how many observers, including those inside the media, think the media are totally unprepared to report on what's really coming as Trump promises to round up and deport millions of people.

He quotes Ryan Girdusky, a former Vance advisor, who says,

“It’s gotta be all gas, no brake.”

Which sounds to me for all the world like something Hitler or Eichmann night have said….

#Trump #immigrants #MassDeportations #media

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-media-isnt-ready-for-trumps-mass

The Media Isn’t Ready for Trump’s Mass Deportation Moment

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-media-isnt-ready-for-trumps-mass

#DEPORTATION #IMMIGRANTS #TRUMP #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/historys-lessons-on-anti-immigrant-extremism

Even Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese American experience.

#CHINA #EXTREMISM #IMMIGRANTS #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

Was watching an old clip from just before the 2018 midterms, when #ChrisCuomo was on CNN, but I didn't expect it to give me new insight into the #LuigiMangione case. It's about #immigration and #immigrants, who as we know were being abused by Trump. When Cuomo mentions that the employers who hire illegal immigrants should be punished instead of immigrants, the contrast with the #Luigi case hit me. Our #justice system is not blind at all. Social class wins every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbKJdIP9dz8

Good news — heard this story the other day on NPR: Syrian refugees in the US — a story of opportunity, reunification and looking forward.

Bravo, Mohammed al-Refai and family!

NOTE: Don't read it, listen — radio journalism at its finest. (It was Ari Shapiro's first reporting trip as an "All Things Considered" host, too! Kudos, Ari Shapiro.)
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5230623 #Syria #refugees #immigration #immigrants #US #GoodNews #journalism

Big Evangelical Churches supported Trump & his policies.
Their rewards?
Donations to their churches are UP!
TV ratings of other churches are DOWN!
Now THEY define what is Christianity!
They'll explain why deporting #immigrants is Christ like.
Nobody but @johnfugelsang will call their BS.

Now, when it's too late, the #US #corporate #media shows concern about law-abiding undocumented #immigrants.
[gift link article]
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk4.nnNl.UUphAX6ArSQw

#CurrentEvents #US #Mexico #racism #TrumpRegime #deportation

Unknown number calls my phone, I answer, woman on line says she represents "company xxx," says I failed to fill in one field on a form, can she ask me for the information so that the form will be complete? I ask, what's the information? she says, "are you a US citizen?"

I say are you nuts? she defends herself, I say no f'ing way & hang up

#USPolitics #Felon45 #Immigrants

"While the Congressional Budget Office estimates this mass deportation will cost at least $88 billion a year, another cost that is rarely mentioned is that according to Bloomberg, undocumented immigrants currently pay about $100 billion a year in taxes. Losing that income, too, will likely have to be made up with cuts from elsewhere."

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
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"Today Trump confirmed that he intends to bypass normal legal constraints on his actions by declaring a national emergency on his first day in office in order to launch his mass deportation of undocumented migrants."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-18-2024

December 21, 1919 the country’s first mass deportation of political dissidents in the 20th century

“One by one the deportees marched, flanked on each side by the uniformed men, curses and threats accompanying the thud of their feet on the frozen ground.” ~ Emma Goldman

#deportation #immigrants #history #usa
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/when-america-tried-to-deport-its-radicals

paywall free: https://archive.ph/2024.11.07-145941/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/when-america-tried-to-deport-its-radicals

Yes, there has been a misunderstanding.

#cartoon #immigrants #ICE #deportation #press #satire

I suspect we'll be reading lots of ""I never thought leopards would eat MY face" stories now, sad to say.

"After winning historic # of Latinos,Trump names as border czar man who told 60 Minutes he would avoid family separation in mass deportation by also removing US citizen kids w/undocumented parents. (There are 4m such Latino kids.)"

~ Ronald Brownstein as quotes by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #Republicans #immigrants #deportations #Latinos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/11/2285102/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-More-introspection-and-analysis

Signing off to have dinner & watch some shows with Mom.

Enjoy this #podcast 👍

Viet Thanh Nguyen on Being Canceled Over Palestine: What if those were your people in Gaza?

In this episode of #FridayNightSemites, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, acclaimed for his book The Sympathizer (now a brilliant show on HBO Max). We discuss his experience of being canceled for speaking out for a ceasefire after October 7 and his thoughts on boycotting other artists—even those he strongly disagrees with. Viet opens up about the backlash he’s faced for standing in solidarity with Palestine, and we explore the myths, propaganda, and language shaping public perception of the Middle East.

He dives into his political differences within the Vietnamese-American community, how the U.S. treats immigrants versus refugees, and offers advice to young writers on creating political art during times of war and crisis. We also cover the broader themes of decolonization, anti-Semitism, and the colonial origins of how we talk about the Middle East. This is a no-holds-barred conversation on solidarity, history, and speaking truth to power when the stakes are high.

Whether you’re interested in the politics of Palestine, anti-colonialism, or how to navigate controversial conversations in the literary and academic world, this episode is for you. Join us as we unpack these critical issues with honesty and a bit of humor—because if we don’t laugh, we’ll cry.

Watch the full #interview now, and don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share for more conversations on the Middle East, decolonization, and beyond.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i8owWxjqy-Y

#VietThanhNguyen #TheSympathizer #Palestine #CancelCulture #MiddleEast #Decolonization #IsraeliApartheid #AntiSemitism #HBO #PoliticalArt #Immigrants #Refugees #Gaza #AsianMastodon #VietnameseAmerican #AsianAmerican #IsraelIsATerroristState #BoycottIsrael

"Anyone who can walk 3 grueling months with a child to escape death and violence and want a better life, can live next to me any damn time."

#Immigrants #asylum #AsylumSeekers

instant crush on hyphen, who opened for bob vylan last night.
#hyphen #music #hateYachts #immigrants #immigration
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=pOysT2AQYr0&listen=false
('hate yachts not dinghies' - hyphen)

EA with Nigeria Info FM: #Refugees, #Immigrants, and a Politics of Decency (@ScottLucas_EA w Ireti Bakare-Yusuf )

https://eaworldview.com/2024/05/refugees-immigrants-and-a-politics-of-decency/

#HumanRights #Nigeria #Ireland