Joshua Van Der Sluys
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial, my own mother was very nearly expelled to Japan because of racial prejudice and hatred. Only the brave actions of a civil rights attorney saved her from being sent away. #NeverAgain
Little Mike 
@georgetakei This is absolutely disgusting behavior from the GOP. It's nothing but blatant racism.
Will@georgetakei solidarity with you George and Palestinians.
zceline@georgetakei my family at #Topaz. We never learn, do we?
#Gaman #WeveSeenThisBillBefore https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6211?s=1&r=1
#Gaman #WeveSeenThisBillBefore https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6211?s=1&r=1
iam-py-test@georgetakei More information straight from the representative's a**: https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-introduces-bill-expel-palestinians-united-states
These people are evil. And also very stupid.
Hamas terrorists are not going to be dumb enough to waltz in with Palestinian passports.
Zinke Introduces Bill to Expel Palestinians from the United States
Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced H.R. 6211 the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States’ legal immigration system by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all visas, refugee status and granting of asylum for individuals holding a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority (PA). It also revokes any entrance of covered aliens who were granted visas or entered the United States on or after October 1, 2023.
Can we deport Ryan Zinke back to his native country, Hell.
gavinisdie 
@georgetakei thst spunds blatantly illegal, especially if this includes palestinians who have US citizenship
Howard Wilson II@gavinisdie @georgetakei I'm not sure where you've been the last few years, but the GOP really isn't concerned about the law. And even if they were called out for it, they'd just challenge the law. Seriously. Their messiah is trying to make the argument that a President does not have to support the Constitution, because the oath only says preserve, protect, and defend. Their response? "Hmmmm, you make a valid point, Orange Jesus!".
Ursidinoj/The Bjornsdottirs@gavinisdie @georgetakei 1. i don't think it does
2. i think they'll, sadly, figure out a way to make it work as if it does
2. i think they'll, sadly, figure out a way to make it work as if it does
Mark T. Tomczak@gavinisdie They're aiming for a majority-DOS attack.
What is "legal" changes, in their estimate, if they control the executive, the legislature, and the courts. It's "will-to-power" trash.
LeaBug@georgetakei When are we going to introduce a bill to expel January 6th participants from the country? Asking for America.
Grumble@LeaBug @georgetakei It's high time that the US used our various out-of-the-way locations for political exiles.
Trump and his co-conspirators should be exiled to Midway Island.
Drop off food supplies weekly, and keep a medic on scene in case someone breaks a leg or gets bitten by a shark. No guards. A single solar powered Iridium phone for communication.
@grumble209 @georgetakei I'm proposing that we expel them and never look back. Close the door on them. They don't do business with the US, no travel back. We're done with them.
IngAnd the ones who are complicit and serving in our government.
@Ing_2016 @georgetakei yup, as long as there is due process.
Kevin Karhan 
@georgetakei thosr christofacists can't stop trying to redo a Muslim Ban...
Wait until they find out that not all Palestinians are Citizens of Palestine and that not all Palestinians are Muslims, because racists who want a white Ethnostate cam't comprehend the very concept of a pluralistic society, I guess...
Also Evangelicals are evil!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo77sTGpngQ
Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel | VICE on HBO
Magnus Ahltorp@kkarhan @georgetakei It doesn’t matter if/when they find out. They don’t care.
@ahltorp @georgetakei OFC they don't.
They are a cult that literaly believes a Zionist Ethnostate would fulfill their prophecy, or whatever.
Kingfisher on a Wire@georgetakei Their experience in the internment camps was the only thing my great-grandparents, Masao and Shizuko Mori, refused to talk about. Had they been expelled, my father, my aunts, my brother and I wouldn't be here now.
Larry@georgetakei
Working age? Able? Fluent in English and/or French and other languages? With children?
We always have room for another restaurant.
Working age? Able? Fluent in English and/or French and other languages? With children?
We always have room for another restaurant.
HomerHarlequinWe started watching "All the Light We Can Not See" tonight. If you need a glimpse of what our country will look like under the sociopath Trump and his fascist followers in the gop, I recommend watching it (Netflix) and seeing what courageous resistance looks like.
SearingTruth"It's odd the way that societies change. Time and time again historians and sociologists are taken aback in wonder and confusion at the sudden, dramatic, and often dangerous transformations of a people’s basic nature and identity. When this occurs in individuals we call it insanity, and often look for psychological or biological illness to explain the anomaly. When it occurs in societies we call it inhumanity, and have yet to address its root cause.
There are of course the classic and well known transformations of good societies into those which embrace darkness, such as the Germans adopting the ideals of the madman Hitler, or the Italians adopting his lesser counterpart Mussolini. But there are unfortunately many lesser discussed and equally tragic examples of a societies transgressions against its own mores. From the ancient Greeks and Romans, to the modern day Bosnians and Sudanese, societies have shown a great propensity for suddenly abandoning their most cherished beliefs and morals, and in their stead, learning to kill.
To be sure, these transformations do not occur overnight, but are instead attended by a slow, steady, but ever increasing drumbeat of misinformation, dehumanization, beratement, and ultimate hysteria directed towards any perceived enemy. The voices of reason and dissent are routinely suppressed and discredited, the rule of law abandoned, and any possible sense of guilt muted by vague and overt appeals to absolute nationalism.
And so we find America today.
In the midst of an election where the abandonment of our most basic precepts of humanity have nationally and internationally been condemned and repudiated, we dare not mention them. For all our candidates have repeatedly and enthusiastically voted for their abolition.
Learning to kill.
It's not as difficult as we thought."
SearingTruth, 1993
RickJ@SearingTruth @georgetakei Ordinary people, whose priorities are day to day survival, look for simple answers to complex problems - not even realising the complexity. If we are told "your problems are the fault of those people over there", we are easily convinced. Solving our problems then very quickly becomes a matter of punishing/removing/killing those people, rather than focusing on actually solving our problems.
That's the essence of fascism, and it can take over a society before you notice.
That's the essence of fascism, and it can take over a society before you notice.
Well said fellow citizen RickJ.
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Joe 📷 🖖🤨@georgetakei I understand your aversion to the bill, I share it as well. It is inhumane and anti-American, but it is performative and attention is what they seek. We should deprive them of that.
Steve Maginnis@georgetakei Why don't more Irish Catholics rally to support and be in solidarity with the Palestinians? Irish Catholics have to support Palestinian statehood, because of Ulster and the six counties under British control.
@georgetakei
Naomi Hirahara is one of my most favorite novelists!!!
Naomi Hirahara is one of my most favorite novelists!!!
C0ppertop@georgetakei how about a mass kilting in Congress. I’d love to everyone of those MFs kilted
🦊 🍸Faux around & find out⚠️🏴@C0ppert0p @georgetakei Sorry, Scotland 🏴 reserves the right to deny all GOP members kilts - and make them all wear skirts instead, the wee f’ing bastards.
@georgetakei Such a thing sounds un-Constitutional. But these days, the entire Republican Party is no friend to the Constitution, despite the lip service they pay to it. Trump recently said he wants to get rid of parts of the Constitution.
Pat@georgetakei
The bill would send them to Gaza where America is funding and supporting genocide and withholding water, food , fuel and medicine
The bill would send them to Gaza where America is funding and supporting genocide and withholding water, food , fuel and medicine
Wendy MsGator 🐊Repugnicons to the max. This is not a Grand Old Party, it's an association of fascist murderers.
@georgetakei it was my representative who introduced it. I am ashamed and angry and will be actively working to replace him in Congress.
Joshua Lee@georgetakei Didn't Trump try to do something similar?
Adam Katz@georgetakei
Further detail: Ryan Zinke (R-MO) has proposed the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-zinke-proposes-bill-to-ban-palestinians-from-entering-us/ar-AA1jlFIX
Further detail: Ryan Zinke (R-MO) has proposed the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-zinke-proposes-bill-to-ban-palestinians-from-entering-us/ar-AA1jlFIX
Jeff C@georgetakei
Its name is the "Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act."
It doesn't seem to be up on Congress.gov yet. Once it is, pay attention to who sponsors and cosponsors it. Sites like Ballotpedia can help you find their opponents. Sites like Open Secrets can help you find their donors.
Lizzy@georgetakei it’s what they always do. Never giving an inch towards understanding or growth. Just lugging around all that hate.
RodneyPetersonTalentAgencyThis warning, taken literally, just the headline, not the country referred to in the actual article, would seem to be very appropriate:
https://ktla.com/news/u-s-department-of-state-urging-americans-to-leave-this-country/
“Ask not who the shithole countries are. Ask why your country is a shithole country.”
“I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.” - Edward Luce, Financial Times
“I agree. And I was the CIA Director.” - General Michael Hayden
Quite the shithole country these Republican shitbags have birthed.
Violet Madder@RodneyPetersonTalent @georgetakei
The CIA, naturally, does not count itself in this assessment.
xs4me2@RodneyPetersonTalent @georgetakei
Very worrying...
Tom Ritchford@RodneyPetersonTalent @georgetakei
> General Michael Hayden
I detest Trump beyond my ability to express, but Hayden spent over 40 years organizing the most terrible crimes as the head of the CIA. It would be better not to give such monsters a platform.
@georgetakei - Welcome to the new first world reality of “White born again Nazis.”
Ed Lin@georgetakei I'm Jewish and I find the idea of expelling people for their ethnic group repugnant as do most of my friends.
Tim Erickson, @stpaultimI'm looking for info about this bill.
"The legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt granting visas, asylum and refuge for people who have a Palestinian Authority-issued passport. The bill would revoke the entrance or visa for individuals who came to the U.S. after Oct. 1."
Is there another bill?
GOP Rep. Zinke proposes bill to ban Palestinians from entering US
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) introduced a bill Thursday that could ban Palestinians from entering the U.S. and possibly expel those who are already here. Zinke, who served as secretary of the Interior Department under former President Trump, introduced legislation called the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism Act. The legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security…
Grandpa Don@georgetakei GOP doesn’t want anyone to remember history, so they can repeat it
Jeff@georgetakei if they expel Palestinians, they side with Hamas. Stupid MAGAs.
post-punkedIf George cared about internment he would end the gross hypocrisy. The opposite supports it. Anyone & especially known people who simplify present war into partisanship is just another warmongering pawn. #TheBigLie
Pelosi Compares Dreamers to Japanese by Suggesting Republicans Will Put Them in Internment Camps
TC Won't Give In To Lies@georgetakei
I wonder.
When people demand "Make America Great Again" is that the same "again" as those who say "Never Again"
BikerScoSurely this isn't true @georgetakei I know you have some right-wing nuts in your government but this sounds crazy.
@georgetakei Meanwhile Genocidal Joe & the Democratic Party are enabling the Israeli slaughter of 1000 Palestinian children every week and the wiping out of whole families daily in Gaza. They provide the weapons, intelligence, finance and diplomatic support without which Israel would not be able to act as it does. The only way to stop the genocide of the Arabic people's in Palestine and the wider Middle East is the downfall of the US and it's genocidal imperialism. #StopTheOil #StopTheGenocide
Elkenumber1Stupidity never ends it seems, not fit to lead the country…
@georgetakei How can anyone not see that what Netanyahu has done is dramatically worse than what Hamas has done? It is objectively, mathematically obvious and inarguable.
jenifer daniels ♎ :verified:@georgetakei George. can I tell you that I NEVER learned about the Japanese internment in school. NEVER.
Deb has moved! (see profile) 🇨🇦@jentrification @georgetakei If I did learn about the internment of Japanese Americans (and Canadians) at some point in school, it was likely as a one-sentence fact, not the cautionary tale it could have been 🙁
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Canadians
AutisticMumTo3@georgetakei
And deport them where? I suspect there won't be anything left of Gaza & there are no ways in except through Israel & Egypt and Israel won't want them in Israel. Not sure whether Egypt will let them go there.
And deport them where? I suspect there won't be anything left of Gaza & there are no ways in except through Israel & Egypt and Israel won't want them in Israel. Not sure whether Egypt will let them go there.
Alberto Cottica@georgetakei O - K.... 😳