Today’s post is inspired this tweet thread by Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra), who inspires and educates me on a daily basis. Visuals offered without commentary.
I realize some people think “Nazi” is just a snarl word. It’s not. People who are pointing out similarities between what’s going on here and other authoritarian, racist regimes are trying to jolt people out of the Dream of American Exceptionalism.
— Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra) May 24, 2018
During an Oval Office meeting last February, Trump acted as if he was at a rally, making up Hispanic names and noting crimes they might have committed — saying the crowd would roar for deportations. Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller laughed. https://t.co/3rLF1J73q4 pic.twitter.com/N9SqiJkg1d
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 25, 2018
SHE HAS A NAME: unarmed 20 year old, Claudia Patricia Gómez González, from Guatemala, was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday near Laredo, Texas. pic.twitter.com/mNTgaomOvD
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) May 25, 2018
(Border Patrol agent kills undocumented woman in Texas)
Highlights of the NFL’s expected new anthem policy: pic.twitter.com/a62Im2S5Ac
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 23, 2018
*cough* @NFL *cough* pic.twitter.com/H9SskJ8q4Q
— George Ciccariello-Maher (@ciccmaher) May 25, 2018
A weeping mother has been forced to wear a yellow insignia (bracelet) as she is ripped away from her children indefinitely.
In the United States. By policy.
Read this story.https://t.co/kUdogZ2B6L pic.twitter.com/vQ7XutNDiR
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 25, 2018
I cannot stress enough how important it is to recognize the domestic gag rule for what it is.
An effort to end choice when it comes to family planning and to force pregnant people to have children they are not ready for and cannot afford. via @robinmarty https://t.co/j9KTkK2W4o
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 22, 2018
When the conversation in a meeting turned to gay rights, Donald Trump motioned toward Mike Pence and joked: https://t.co/jnE1TdT8CF pic.twitter.com/SMW3E0PczI
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 16, 2017
Words of Wisdom. mike#QAnon #GreatAwakening @POTUS @realDonaldTrump #InGodWeTrust #MAGA #WWG1WGA #QArmy! #Qoldier #ImWithQ #RedWaveRising #RedWave #AfricanAmericans #love pic.twitter.com/tSqTsF8Zx0
— Michael Semple (@mikesemple) May 24, 2018
The stage at an American Nazi rally where 22,000 Nazi supporters filled Madison Square Garden, New York, February 193 pic.twitter.com/SUWNdp5lK2
— Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) May 17, 2015
#TuesdayMotivation
America needs out of this mess. This is the only way.Show up. Vote. #VoteBlue
Bring friends. Register friends.Fight control of the media & voter suppression. Don't sit it out. Don't vote for the next Jill Stein. Support blue wave & sitting Dems.#MayDay pic.twitter.com/i6hGeCeawj
— Tony Stark 2018 ???? (@1IronMan2018) May 1, 2018
{{{DoReMI}}} – I’ve watched this creeping upon the US for a couple of decades now. I saw the start of it with Nixon’s “southern strategy” – hoped with every Dem election we would be able to get off this evil track but all we’ve ever been able to do is some economic damage control. How much of that is because the majority white male Congress and the up until President Obama the always white male president just didn’t recognize racism as being a systemic problem I don’t know. But I can guess. So I work on taking back Congress and hope that now the Deplorables are “loud and proud” in public that will wake up enough people to actually do something about the foundation this whole evil mess is built on. I hope. moar {{{HUGS}}}
Thanks for this, DoReMI. It is absolutely chilling.
Never did I think my own country would devolve this far.