The cool, military-looking guy above is former lobbyist Chad Wolf. [Insert Donald Trump “Drain the swamp!” soundbite.] As I understand it, Wolf has never served a day in the military. He did, however, attend Southern Methodist University on a tennis scholarship, and earn an undergraduate degree in history. And, now, because he was in the […]
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Today in Fascism: With DHS officers having been deployed to Portland, Chicago prepares for the inevitable, and we wonder if Detroit might be next
Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged call to action, Carrie Cordero, Center for a New American Security, Chad Wolf, Chicago, Cory Booker, Customs and Border Patrol, Dana Nessel, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Detroit, DHS, drain the swamp, family separation, fascism, FBI, Gretchen Whitmer, HEROES Act, Kirstjen Nielsen, law and order, lobbyists, martial law, moms against fascism, police state, politicization, Portland, racism, threats to Democracy, unconstitutional, William Barr | 80 Comments
I too have zero tolerance
The above photo, taken by photographer John Moore, shows a heart-broken two year old Honduran asylum seeker being taken from her mother at the US-Mexico border. The scene, sadly, is one that has become all too commonplace these past several weeks, as the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy toward migrants crossing the southern border has […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-immigration, Apostle Paul, Barack Obama, Brownsville, Casa Padre, child cruelty, crisis actors, cruelty, Diane Feinstein, ethics, George W. Bush, Germany, human rights, Jeff Sessions, Jesus Christ, John McCain, Kamala Harris, Keep Families Together Act, Kirstjen Nielsen, Laura Bush, Methodist, Michael Hayden, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Texas, United Methodist Church, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, Walmart, Walter Shaub, zero tolerance | 299 Comments