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#TheCrueltyIsThePoint

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Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/charleskeener.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>charleskeener.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lazarou</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Terrible. Vindictive move — not at all surprising. <br><a href="https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-prison-phone-calls/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boltsmag.org/north-carolina-pr</span><span class="invisible">ison-phone-calls/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Forcing them to remain in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> facilities often in far-flung areas such as an alligator-infested swamp in Florida or the Arizona desert would make it more difficult to fight their cases, because they will be unable to work or easily communicate with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> members &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> to prepare their cases.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/05/alligator-alcatraz-immigrants-detention-florida/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/05/alligator-alcatraz-immigrants-detention-florida/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> lawyers say the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is expanding a legal standard typically used to hold recent arrivals at the southern border to a much broader group — including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> who have lived in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> for decades. Many have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>, lawyers say, &amp; likely have the legal grounds to defend themselves against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives &amp; separate families," Romero said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
OldFartPhil<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> Republicans have always gotten their jollies from stomping on anyone who isn't rich and white, but they always hid their cruelty behind the guise of "fiscal responsibility" or "cutting the deficit". Now that the entire party is in thrall to the Psychopath-in-Chief, they're not even attempting to hide who they are any more.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The media will spend excess time, energy, and resources to thread the needle of showcasing the cruelty, but filtering out any of the suffering.</p><p>The objective is to train the audience to stop feeling sorry for The Others™ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AttentionEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AttentionEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Sue Cohen<p>THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD<br>The word of the day is “Cruelty” as in <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a><br>It is willful &amp; deliberately inflicting pain &amp; suffering upon others<br>It must always be used in describing anyone in the Trump Regime AND every fucking Republican in office<br>They laugh watching people suffer</p>
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Do not look away.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/114740551442413411" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@jaykuo/11474</span><span class="invisible">0551442413411</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The most prominent of these is the Community <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDefense</span></a> Coalition, a network of &gt;60 advocacy groups, including Black Men Build, the Harriet Tubman Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a>, &amp; the local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. It was formed in February, in the early days of the second <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration, after documents leaked to the LA Times indicated plans for a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the city.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a>, although the city &amp; county law-enforcement agencies are restricted from assisting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, they are not working to actively impede the federal agents, either. Local groups &amp; nonprofits have taken on the task of not only documenting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raids</span></a> but also teaching people how to protect themselves.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The People Being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disappeared</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a></p><p>As communities across Southern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> document &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> the escalating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raids</span></a>, loved ones grapple with the unimaginable.</p><p>In Los Angeles in recent weeks, a popular phrase has been revived on protest signs &amp; social-media posts: “Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo,” or, “only the people can save the people.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-los-angeles/the-people-being-disappeared-by-ice-in-los-angeles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/letter-from</span><span class="invisible">-los-angeles/the-people-being-disappeared-by-ice-in-los-angeles</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration to end national <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a> hotline</p><p>No reason was given for why services specific to LGBTQ+ callers are ending for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022.</p><p>After 3 years &amp; 1.3 million texts &amp; calls, the national LGBTQ+ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SuicidePrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuicidePrevention</span></a> hotline is shutting down. The Trump admin announced Tues that it was ending LGBTQ+ services for 988, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a> hotline for queer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youth</span></a> that launched in 2022.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a><br><a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/06/trump-administration-ends-national-lgbtq-suicide-hotline/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/06/trump-adm</span><span class="invisible">inistration-ends-national-lgbtq-suicide-hotline/</span></a></p>
OldFartPhil<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> I know there are *much* more serious things to be upset about, but the petty spitefulness is so damned exhausting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mloxton</span></a></span> Making Discrimination Great Again</p><p>The only administration in modern times to congratulate itself for rolling back as many rights as possible. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thecrueltyisthepoint</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Via Austin Kocher:</p><p>Another human being died in a for-profit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> center in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> just days ago. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>'s press release does little to honor the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dignity</span></a> of life but insists on spending a long paragraph further criminalizing him in death as they did in life.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a><br><a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-detainee-death-atlanta" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ice.gov/news/releases/ice-deta</span><span class="invisible">inee-death-atlanta</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The plan also comes amid intensifying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> efforts to block the admin from using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guantanamo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guantanamo</span></a> Bay to house <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> detainees altogether. A federal class-action lawsuit pending in Washington indicates that there are roughly 70 immigrant detainees currently held there &amp; facing “punitive” conditions, such as insufficient food, weekly changes of clothes &amp; rodent infestation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gitmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitmo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>