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Ehay2k<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AnarchoNinaAnalyzes</span></a></span> </p><p>What a 🧵!!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAlcatraz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concentrationcamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concentrationcamps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Will we soon all be as blasé as these reporters about potentially thousands of our neighbors being disappeared to countries where human rights are routinely violated?</p><p>I fear that we will. I fear that we have normalized evil."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a><br>/15</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I believe bland coverage of Trump’s horrors has become a national sedative. We aren’t outraged about the eight people sent to South Sudan who then vanished. We now take for granted that hundreds of Venezuelans are being detained at a notorious prison in El Salvador know for inhumane conditions."</p><p>~ Dan Froomkin</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a><br>/14</p><p><a href="https://criticalread.substack.com/p/bland-coverage-normalizes-evil-of" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">criticalread.substack.com/p/bl</span><span class="invisible">and-coverage-normalizes-evil-of</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>I must confess I am discouraged by the alarming countercurrent in US discourse, pushing back on the idea that "Alligator Alcatraz" is an "actual" concentration camp. Some of this is fascist ideological flak, some is "enlightened centrists" whistling past the graveyard, and some of this is even coming from cynical folks on the left who know enough about the American carceral industrial complex to confidently (and to be fair, correctly) state America had "concentration camps" long before Trump. Frankly however I can think of few things less productive than entering into a semantic debate about the wholly accurate term concentration camp; I thought it might be better to just talk about the horrifying observed conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz instead, and let reasonable folks figure it out for themselves. </p><p>To that end I want to share two stories about the same highly-controlled visit to Alligator Alcatraz by 3 Dem politicians, that each focus on different aspects of why I think the term fits and disputing the characterization borders on apologia.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/alligator-alcatraz-lawsuits" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/14/alligator-alcatraz-lawsuits</span></a></p><p>Hundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’</p><p>"The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility.</p><p>Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” and “some of the most vicious people on the planet” awaiting deportation.</p><p>But at least one detainee shouted out to politicians during Saturday’s visit that he was a US citizen, the Democratic Florida congressman Maxwell Frost said. And the Miami Herald obtained and published a list of 700 people held in cages showing that at least 250 had committed no offense other than a civil immigration violation."</p><p>So let's briefly touch on the important revelations in this article. First of all immigration officials are purposely obscuring the numbers and identities of detainees in the camp. Florida politicians are also lying about who runs the camp, which is clearly ICE, to deny opposition (Democrat) oversight of the facility. Please keep in mind that this is in addition to the migrant cages being located in a remote area in the Florida Everglades, far away from the prying eyes of the media and making official oversight all the more difficult. Furthermore, Trump and regime officials who are justifying keeping migrants in appalling conditions that amount to a concentration camp by saying only the worst types of criminals are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, are once again lying; as I stated repeatedly in prior articles hundreds of people in the camp are simply in the US without permission, which as the article notes is a civil violation, not a criminal charge - let alone a violent one. </p><p>So, can you articulate what perfectly innocent reason a fascist government might have for building a semi-secret migrant cage complex, demonizing all the brown inhabitants as violent criminals even though many of them have committed no crimes, and are actively working to hide what is actually going on inside Alligator Alcatraz from media, regulators, and opposition officials? Yeah, me neither. Now let's take a look at the conditions the 3 Dem politicians were allowed to see despite the regime's efforts to hide occupied cages from them:</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/alligato</span><span class="invisible">r-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit</span></a></p><p>'This Is an Internment Camp': Lawmakers Horrified by Inhumane Conditions in 'Alligator Alcatraz'</p><p>"Wasserman-Schultz described it as an "internment camp" where detainees are "essentially packed into cages."</p><p>"Wall-to-wall humans. 32 detainees per cage," she said. This, she noted, is unusual for immigration facilities, like the nearby Krome detention center in Miami-Dade County, where detainees are allowed to roam freely between buildings."</p><p>Whatever I think of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as a politician, it is inarguable that she's objectively describing a type of concentration camp. With dozens of brown bodies packed into small cages, inadequate access to washroom facilities and water, purposely reduced caloric counts inadequate for the preservation of healthy adults, exposure to elements and insects; what exactly would you call it? It's not an accident Wasserman-Schultz references America's dark history with the term "interment camps" but I think she's still being too generous to the Trump regime here; this is a camp of cages for cruelty concentrating migrants without any concern for their wellbeing at all - a concentration camp if you will.</p><p>Folks, this is not a question of semantics. This is a concentration camp, for brown people, on US soil and word games aren't going to stop the nightmare we're speeding towards now.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAlcatraz</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Noem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Noem</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Immigration lawyers said the new policy applies to millions of people, including folks who have been here for decades and have established families, own homes and businesses, and who haven’t broken any laws other than crossing the border without authorization (remember, kids, that’s a misdemeanor on the first offense)."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/13</p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 15, 1954: Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco amended their vagrancy law to include LGBTQ people, including punishments of hard labor and detention in concentration camps, where they were routinely subjected to sexual violence. The majority of detainees were working-class gay men and trans women. It was not uncommon to hear upper class and aristocratic gays and lesbians refer to the dictatorship as a “great” historical period. Indeed, Salvador Dali continued to fawn over the fascist dictator until his death, in spite of the fact that Franco executed Dali’s own lover, the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in the 1930s. And Andre Breton kicked Dali out of the Paris Surrealist Group for his fascist leanings.</p><p>Fascism continued in Spain up until Franco’s death, in 1975. Today, however, both Barcelona and Madrid are often described as among the most LGBTQ-friendly cities in the world. In 2005, Spain became one of the first countries in the world to legalize gay marriage. And Madrid’s Pride event is one of the largest in Europe, in spite of the fact that the city remains one of the most politically conservative regions of Spain.</p><p>You can see the trailer for Las noches de Tefía, about the concentration camp in the Canary Islands, that Franco used for LGBTQ prisoners: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5nk7ikWdUk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=v5nk7ikWdU</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>franco</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/concentrationcamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concentrationcamps</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dali</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lorca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorca</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/madrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>madrid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barcelona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"They are doing it in the most inhumane and economically destructive way possible to accelerate the process, encourage 'self-deportation,' and in their minds save money."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/11</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I think we need to come to terms with what Trump and Miller really doing here, and what is means for the country. Simply, they intend to force at least 15 million people - almost all with jobs and families - out of the country."</p><p>~ Simon Rosenberg</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/10</p><p><a href="https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/inflation-is-rising-and-trumps-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hopiumchronicles.com/p/inflati</span><span class="invisible">on-is-rising-and-trumps-agenda</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"We are now in territory so uncharted that the framing of the police militarization debate no longer works."</p><p>~ Radley Balko</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/9</p><p><a href="https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-police-militarization-debate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">radleybalko.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-police-militarization-debate</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Imagine being a Media worker, and having to spin Concentration Camps into something more palatable for the people you're paid to lie to....</p><p>"But, I have to earn a living" they'll cry in their defence, their entitlement mattering more than a Genocide </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rafah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Undocumented farm workers feel they’re being 'hunted like animals', they told the Guardian, as Donald Trump’s administration ramps up its crackdown on immigration.</p><p>Raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have caused workers to lose hours and income, and forced them into hiding at home, according to interviews."</p><p>~ Michael Sainato</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/8</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/us-farm-workers-ice-raids" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/14/us-farm-workers-ice-raids</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data.</p><p>ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an 'on demand' process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport."</p><p>~ Pro Publica</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/7</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">rs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The US and Israel, both hand in hand in building concentration camps for people they want 'gone' </p><p>I wonder how long the British Press will avoid these stories? Don't want to upset our 'allies' now, do we? </p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/Nnrdp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Nnrdp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng reported Saturday in Rolling Stone, the administration is fighting to impose its will on wrongly-deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom it rendered to a terrorist prison in El Salvador, because if they are forced to back down, 'it could set a precedent that opens the floodgates to other legal challenges' to Trump’s other executive power grabs."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump was reelected in part because of his promise to strengthen border security, but now his administration is using attacks on immigrants to impose a police state."</p><p>~ Heather Cox Richardson</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-14-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/july-14-2025</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Which makes being strong-willed all the more important. Also important is remembering that this is a wildly unstable situation and what happens next is at least partly up to us."</p><p>Solnit appends a salient reminder of what inevitably happens to cruel, overweening dictators and dictator wannabees, as their hubris blinds them and creates the conditions for their downfall.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Commenting on how the Trump administration ratchets up the anti-immigrant cruelty even as polls show it's wildly unpopular, Rebecca Solnit says,</p><p>"This is all a reminder that they have to be authoritarian, because what they want to do is unpopular. They have to be authoritarian because they want to override the will of the people."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/today-is-the-original-no-kings-day-happy-bastille-day/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meditationsinanemergency.com/t</span><span class="invisible">oday-is-the-original-no-kings-day-happy-bastille-day/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"To everyone involved, from the policymakers in Washington to the masked agents on the street, undocumented individuals are 'the other,' people who not only lack legal rights as a formal matter but who stand outside the web of connection that defines human society."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <br>/2</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Linda Greenhouse warns us Americans: "We will regret not standing up to this venomous cruelty." She says,</p><p>"Something beyond the raw politics of immigration lies behind the venomous cruelty on display, and I think it is this:"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaskedThugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedThugs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>I wonder how long it will be before the words "Concentration Camp" will be on the forbidden list on Corporate Social Media</p><p>Will TikTokers and Instagrammers have to use subtle phrases, like 'holiday camp' or 'the bad place', will Influencers avoid all talk of it so they don't lose their coins? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlligatorAuschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAuschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>