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Author: Raine    Date: 06/18/2018 13:16:51

These are horribly dark times. Don't give up. They want you to give up. Don't give up.

I am sure that you saw some of the news over the weekend regarding what is happening in detention centers around the country. It's the thing I feared when the administration instated the Muslim travel ban. It was what I feared when we saw anti-Hispanic rhetoric during the campaign.

What I and many others are bearing witness to the fear we had hoped would not happen. It's here.

I can't say this is rock bottom, although I hope it is. Stay strong and take time to breathe and know that you are not alone. Know your truth and don't let this administration convince you that it's day when you know it's night.

Be extra kind today to those that are targets of this monstrous situation.






Raine


 
 
 

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Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 13:18:40
Exellent point, Scoop.





Comment by wickedpam on 06/18/2018 13:23:22
Morning

Comment by wickedpam on 06/18/2018 13:24:58
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Exellent point, Scoop.






#KidnappertRump in all honesty. It's to hold them hostage for his f-ing wall and everything they want. Deplorable may not be a strong enough word of the heinousness of these people.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 13:34:25
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Exellent point, Scoop.






#KidnappertRump in all honesty. It's to hold them hostage for his f-ing wall and everything they want. Deplorable may not be a strong enough word of the heinousness of these people.

Fascists is almost strong enough.





Comment by TriSec on 06/18/2018 13:36:01
Greetings, comrades!

Now more than ever is the time to stay alert and aware. "Bread and Circuses" is a classic empirical technique, although these days I'd say it's more akin to a magician's 'misdirection'.

Trump has his base so riled up, and us too, looking at sideshows and noise. I feared this during the Bush administration, actually - but now it is evident that we have started down the dark path of "trumpification". I still fail to understand why what seems to be the majority of the population is taking that "Good German" approach.

I'll be glad to see you all in the camps - at least it means I'm willing to stand up for what I believe is right, no matter what the personal cost.



Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 13:53:08
Mornin' all...

This whole thing has set me off like never before. I just saw that Rev. Barber has called for nationwide assemblies at Congress and every state capital today at 2pm. I might skip out of work early to attend.

Someone else brought up the fact that our press & elected representatives have only seen the facilities housing boys from ages 10-17. They have seen NOTHING about where younger children & teenage girls are being held. After reading that I happened to remember the stories about 's involvement in human trafficking and even the suppressed reports & lawsuits talking about sex parties where 13 year olds were on the menu..

Yeah, this is some dark shit. And as displeasing as it may be, we can't turn our eyes away or limit our minds to certain possibilities.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 13:55:59
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Mornin' all...

This whole thing has set me off like never before. I just saw that Rev. Barber has called for nationwide assemblies at Congress and every state capital today at 2pm. I might skip out of work early to attend.

Someone else brought up the fact that our press & elected representatives have only seen the facilities housing boys from ages 10-17. They have seen NOTHING about where younger children & teenage girls are being held. After reading that I happened to remember the stories about 's involvement in human trafficking and even the suppressed reports & lawsuits talking about sex parties where 13 year olds were on the menu..

Yeah, this is some dark shit. And as displeasing as it may be, we can't turn our eyes away or limit our minds to certain possibilities.
I read this earlier and could barely catch my breath.


An advocate who spent several hours in the facility Friday told the Associated Press she was deeply troubled by what she found.

Michelle Brane, director of migrant rights at the Women’s Refugee Commission, met with a 16-year-old girl who had been taking care of a young girl for three days.

“She had to teach other kids in the cell to change her diaper,” the AP quoted Brane as saying. “She was so traumatized that she wasn’t talking. She was just curled up in a little ball."



Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 14:03:43
Oh yeah here's something else, that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet.

At what point are these asylum seekers being taken into custody by our border patrol? Have they already set foot within our country's borders?

Do those agents tell them that they'll accept an asylum request, only to enact this sick policy of stealing kids the moment they set foot inside the US? If so, is that kind of behavior even legal?

If not, then our border agents shouldn't be putting their hands on them at all. That would entail our agents encroaching on Mexican territory.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 14:03:53




Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/18/2018 14:17:36
Good morning, bloggers!!!!

I feel that we have to encourage each other to be strong. I think that we are in for some rough times.

As for myself, I am contacting a few references and trying to make a few things happen.

To fit with the theme of today's blog, let me offer this song from Peter Gabriel featuring Kate Bush.



Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 14:23:58
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Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 14:27:00
The Supreme Court just punted back to the lower courts on BOTH the Wisconsin and Maryland gerrymandering cases.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 14:27:04
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Exellent point, Scoop.






#KidnappertRump in all honesty. It's to hold them hostage for his f-ing wall and everything they want. Deplorable may not be a strong enough word of the heinousness of these people.

Fascists is almost strong enough.





Either she lied then or she lied now. I'm going with the former:






Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 14:29:30
Oh. my. fucking. God.




Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 14:37:00
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Oh. my. fucking. God.


I am finding this very hard to stomach.

Phoenix to Miami.



Comment by BobR on 06/18/2018 14:49:00
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Oh. my. fucking. God.


I am finding this very hard to stomach.

Phoenix to Miami.


Remember all the ruckus about Elian Gonzales and "jack-booted thugs" taking him from his mother to send him back to Cuba?

This is so much worse.

Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 15:14:07
I'm seeing that there's some kind of protest action in response to this inhumanity being planned by MoveOn. Should hear something about it later today.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 15:36:44


This is government propaganda.






Comment by Mondobubba on 06/18/2018 15:49:52
My Congresscritter and moral coward, John Rutherford (well his staff), posted a Father's Day thing on Facebook yesterday it quickly became a referendum on the child separation policy. What made me really happy where the overwhelming number of posts against it. Yeah, there were a few rabid MAGA types and they were slapped down. I have a feeling at least here in Jacksonville, that separating kids from their parents is a bridge too far for a lot of people.

Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 16:09:39
11,785 children.

What. The. Fuck.

And that's just the total number that they ADMIT to have in custody.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 16:29:09







Comment by BobR on 06/18/2018 16:38:01
Yeah - this is not a cage either
https://bamahuskies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dog-pen.jpg


Comment by Scoopster on 06/18/2018 16:40:44
These sick twisted fucks.

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Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 17:53:20
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Good on the Cov.


Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 17:54:00
Damn:



Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 18:01:56
That makes ALL FOUR FLOTUS's -- and granted Malania was not as full-throated as I would like, she did say it was wrong.

Hillary just spoke out on it in a speech in NY.



Comment by livingonli on 06/18/2018 18:53:37
And the UN and Amnesty International are condemning Dump's actions.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 19:14:23
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And the UN and Amnesty International are condemning Dump's actions.

As they should!

Tonite al Chris Hayes, we are going to hear about a major action/ mobilization about what is happening in this country.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/18/2018 19:20:48
Perhaps this is the moment when the American people stand up and shout a resounding "No!" To this administration and its policies. A few weeks ago, I stood inside a rail car at the Illinois Holocaust Museum that was once used to take men, women and children ro Auschwitz. We need to make a stand.

Comment by TriSec on 06/18/2018 19:40:58
So, I was at the Y today for the first time in a couple of weeks. Funny how your perception changes. Last time it was still cold and miserable, so I took my usual spa, steam, and sauna.

I only made it to the spa today after my swim - felt more like I was making TriSec Soup.



Comment by TriSec on 06/18/2018 19:45:36
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Good on the Cov.


You will find that despite the "R" after his name, ol' Charlie Baker is a decent sort of fellow. Very old-school Republican, meaning he's a pragmatic New Englander. (Think Leverett Saltonstall, or Francis Sargent).

Comment by wickedpam on 06/18/2018 19:58:00



Thought I'd share a friends political cartoons. She thought she'd try her hand at it.

Comment by Raine on 06/18/2018 23:46:18
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Thought I'd share a friends political cartoons. She thought she'd try her hand at it.

I love it. Spot on.