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Puns don't work on kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally. #FBPE #GTTO

A Chinese immigrant has died in ICE custody.

He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.

Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.

Chaofeng Ge did not deserve this

No one deserves this

His family are fighting for answers

One thing is clear… these camps must be shut down

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee-death-family-questions-hands-feet-tied-11066992

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #dhs

Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney

The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

Newsweek
Why is it that so many, whether deliberately or through ignorance are pointing the finger in entirely the wrong direction?
Cold weather payments not been cut because of immigration. The government are not attacking the disabled because of the working poor. It not the fault of those in poverty that food and energy bills are rising.
I wish more folk would stop and think about what is really going on and who is doing very well in a time of austerity for the rest of us.
#wealthInequality
Science fiction has always given us both hope and dire warnings about what could be.
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This should not be happening anywhere, let alone in the U.S. This must stop.
The nation was shocked as Secretary Noem's goons tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California as he attempted to ask Noem a question at a press conference. For more on this and this week's other top stories, look no further. https://buff.ly/6PZJUzu

Padilla's assault & handcuffing is getting all the attention, but what Noem said is perhaps more terrifying.

"We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Admitting they're not here for violent criminals, they're here to overthrow our elected officials

„If you look at the polls, they say that Americans don’t value democracy at all. I have a different set of values. Democracy comes before the price of eggs. But what I think is particularly foolish and naive and stupid is to give up democracy and raise the price of eggs.“
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-fascism-expert-at-yale-whos-fleeing-america
The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America

Philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the US for Canada, “the Ukraine of North America,” because he believes Trump’s America is “pretty far along” in the grips of fascism.

Vanity Fair

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When JD and Usha Vance where planning their Greenland trip, they were hoping to be photographed with the people of Greenland. But during the planning of their trip, they were rejected by a mayor, a museum manager, and even a souvenir store.

When you act like arseholes, you get the ice cold reception the Greenlanders call…

Getting Nuuk’ed.