“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too.” https://newrepublic.com/post/192558/aoc-ocasio-cortez-arrest-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil
AOC Rips “Tyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.

The New Republic
@tusk81 AOC speaks the truth. Urge the Dems to give her lead of the congressional party. They have basically done nothing.
@tusk81 Alexandria is the only decent one of the dems. The dems are letting her do it now, but they will “kill" her later, like Bernie Sanders. Sons of...
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Maybe unrelated, but I wonder how do you say "disappeared" in spanish...

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Ask any Argentinian, who, sadly, knows the answer to your question:

"los desaparecidos"

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It gets much, much worse. One of Trump's first acts in office was to issue an order to have enough injections ready for executions. The USA has chosen its Russia! #usa #trump
https://apnews.com/article/federal-executions-trump-d9b15ffc1db366a717f2f605330999e8
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions. In the order signed Monday in the first hours of his return to the White House, Trump said “politicians and judges who oppose capital punishment have defied and subverted the laws of our country.” A moratorium on federal executions had been in place since 2021, and only three defendants remain on federal death row after Democratic President Joe Biden converted 37 of their sentences to life in prison.

AP News

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Never forget...

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller

@tusk81 Let's all call these deportations exactly what they are - "political disappearing" of legitimate citizens and residents.
@tusk81 According to the New Republic headline, AOC left out "cowardly".
@tusk81 Sooo, residents getting disappeared is fine? 😬
@tusk81 supporting Palestinians against the #genocide of Israel is not a crime. But because the US turns a blind eye to war crimes, it turns against protesters
@tusk81 Maybe they're already doing just that.
@tusk81 Ahem, the US govt not only can, but does, kill its citizens by drone strike without reason or warrant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki
Killing of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki - Wikipedia