Listen to, share and discuss the Renee Nicole Good song to make justice matter. How might we use protest songs to unite people to deconstruct the alt-right media neo-terrorism inducing the cult trance of Deranged Trump Mass Psychosis (DTMP)? https://equitymoonshot.substack.com/p/share-renee-nicole-good-songs-to
Yes. I learned yesterday that we need to vet Dem incumbents running for reelection to make sure they are ready and willing to take action now to stop this fascist regime. For example, Dem Congressman Ritchie Torres who is running for re-election from the Bronx voted in favor of the Lincoln Riley Act authorizing federal authorities to detain certain undocumented people. He also has invested in companies selling arms to Israel.
Yes! Check every candidate out. I am fearful of AI but investigating what candidates have said or done is a perfect job for it. My first question is always, "Has candidate X ever shown support for Israel?"
To James Raskin and other Americans. Please understand that trump is going to rile you with people he will place in your protest to make you commit violence. Don't, whatever you do fall for the bait. PROTEST PEACEFULLY and in such humungous numbers that the Republicans, not just trump, can't ignore it. They all have to know that the gig is up! They have to know that you are wise to their lies. Protest peacefully, I can't emphasis that enough because he's going to for sure, have his agitators in your protest march trying to make you commit violence. Please OH PLEASE don't fall for it! If you do he will invoke the Insurrection Act which will give him the power to kill you. I'm not kidding now, he will do anything to stay in power and be able to not have elections. THE PEOPLE WILL WIN. STAY FOCUSED. STAY TOGETHER!
Your voice is tight with outrage. I am shocked, but tired after this day of coverage and writing to Congress, to get rid of ICE. It is amazing to me, that noem, et al, were so READY to blame the victim, immediately afterwards. What will happen to her children? sorry, I shouldn't be writing, too tired and appalled at who is "in charge" here in america. Peace be with us all, and the rule of law.
Thanking you again for all the important work you do. This is a collective trauma that will become generational trauma, seared into our DNA (epigenetics).
The tRump regime will continue to fabricate stories of lawlessness in blue states giving them reason to invade with their ICE gestapo squad of goons. They're hoping the left reacts violently, or in a manner that can be spun to be violent, giving them reason to escalate! They need this narrative to keep maga and others hooked into their ideology that there is an enemy.
They need the fight to be good vs evil. They need us to manipulate their own with constant conflicts to blame and/or rescue (only Donnie can save us). It's like a game to them... they poke us to see if we'll jump, they poke us again or they up-the-ante to see if we'll jump higher!! They're criminals, misfits, manipulators, opportunists -- they don't think like we do. This isn't about people or humanity to them -- it's about profit and money and getting "my way". They want the world ordered their way, whatever that looks like… I imagine it’s a very 50s ideal, think clean pressed white linen, something they can admire, spotless. Their unspoken motto is to exploit and take advantage and they absolutely think you're an idiot if you don't.
My point, is we can't apply our logic to them. Thumping our chest yelling shame has no impact. Our response must be strategic and ruthless. Trying to appeal to their mercy, their shame or their conscience... absolutely not! This is a life or death competition, this is strategic, it's all about who wins... oh, and just for a challenge they've made the rules ambiguous on their end, I mean, they're in power and they have the trump card, pun intended.
Meanwhile, we aren't seeing this in red states, if there's any push back they seem to back off. And, there's so many pockets of immigrants all over the US, shifting the blame gives them years of fodder. We need to start thinking with a military mindset; to be disciplined, resilient, adaptable, strategic, ambitious, stealthy and outthink, out-plan and out-maneuver them!! We need leaders to organize around, someone must call the charge... that's what's missing for me. I'm up for whatever it takes... I'm a senior, I'm a little scared but more than anything, I'm angry and I want my country back, maybe, just maybe, we can make it even better with this iteration... thank you Qasim Rashid for everything you do!!
A bunch of young guys out for revenge on on their perceived enemies. Surely all of America has " held them back in some way & they are going to exactly their revenge. How about we do a really God job about tracking those coming into the country & doing follow-up or whatever needs to happen. Someone an assault on an entire city/state is terrorism
I’m horrified at Renee’s death but would like to point out that this is not the 1st case of ICE violence and armed aggression. At least 35 people have already died in ICE custody and unnumbered and anonymous others have been victims of their violence. This violence is unacceptable whether y or not the victim is white and a US citizen.
Thank you, Qasim, for your unending determination to hammer home how the ingredients of “racist policy choices, disinformation, and impunity” have created this recipe for marginalization across the world and highlighted it, now, under Trump’s dictatorship.
What’s chilling here isn’t just the killing. It’s how fast the story machine tried to turn it into “justified force” instead of a preventable death. When an agency operates with narrative cover and zero accountability, violence stops being a failure and starts being policy. Appreciate this for slowing the spin down long enough to show what’s actually happening on the ground.
This incident of cold blooded murder by an agent of the government was the more shocking because of the spin the trump administration and Noem tried to put on it before the poor woman was even named publicly. Having given this agency immunity is not how it works in a democracy. Which is possibly why they are trying their illegal best to destroy democracy. I heard Eric Swalwell who is apparently now running for governor in California, say that the governor should at the least be able to take away their driving licenses if they are masked and breaking the law. Breaking the law would cover being pepper sprayed and other chemicals at innocent protestors. It would also cover these ICEstapo agents for going onto school property. I think anything, even this small will act as a deterrent. Scary masked people and kidnapping them should also be taken as breaking the law. This department is only a racist construct that after 9/11 was formed because they believed anybody who was brown was an enemy. Of course they've since taken this attitude to the nth degree because they now have a racist president. I live in the UK and can't even imagine if our government declared that this kind of action was justified because some brown people broke the law. Those people they are "disappearing aren't breaking the law. they have the right to stay and have their case heard. They certainly haven't proved to be "the worst of the worst" as little dick has said they are! I'm amazed at the populations ability to try not to fight back violently. I'm not sure us English would not be able to show such restraint. He needs to be brought down before your country ends up as just another satellite of Russia or North Korea. That trump wants to divide the globe up into portions run by those factions is becoming more obvious each day.
We have a military that is bigger than the next 10 largest militaries in the world. ICE is the 4th largest army in the world. I don't think all the people judging from Canada and Europe (not you) have any idea what we're up against. We've seen what the US military has done all over the world. They want to do that to us now.
Actually there's a lot NATO can do. There are I think 32 countries involved including the US so if 31 countries can't invoke Article 5 because the vote has to be unanimous, (they never thought they would have to use it against a member, an ally), then though those other 31 nations don't have the military might they do have 450 million people. They can place heavy sanctions on the US, they can halt trade altogether. The States can't fight them all at the same time, especially if they're broke! It's not over until it's over. Plus the US citizens by the majority aren't behind little dick! Keep trying to get all the JE files released and he can go to jail for those crimes at least. He only has "immunity" from the SCOTUS for crimes committed while in office.
No it isn't. The only thing the USA can do is get him out of office. With all the lawyers in your country I would think surely somebody can find a way!
Well when congress and the Supreme Court don't follow our constitution, that's unlikely. The Supreme Court gave him immunity from prosecution and the Republicans in congress rubber stamp every freaking thing he does. Our only hope at this point is the election, but he rigged the last one so I don't expect these to be free and fair elections later this year
Francesca what is happening to your country is something the world would never have believed possible even 10 years ago when he won that election. The fact is that he isn't a sane man. He is being manipulated to a great extent by Stephen Miller. Miller hates everybody that isn't white. Trump hates everybody that isn't white. The racism in your country is what birthed a Donald Trump in this day and age. It's why he made the term MAGA (Make America Great Again) a rallying cry. He called in all the racist elements in the country who were still, even in 2016 a huge portion of your country. You cannot go back and bemoan the fact, you have to fight it. The world doesn't trust the USA anymore, that's an unassailable fact! Why should they? The tariffs and the name calling have been also applied to their economies and their countries. They know that it's not the entire population but they have to fight him too. What he's doing TO America is making it less safe for you. You now have people that were aligned, that were your allies, that also kept you safe, being discarded to fulfil his ego that's hungry for power and money. NATO helped you, all 31 countries when you went to war with Afghanistan! They've been with you to protect you from Russia. They've provided you with intelligence that kept you safe! Now your president says he wants America to be just like Russia and China so that he can have the power over his people that they have over theirs. You have to stop him by any means you have. Email or phone your congress and Senators. Tell them you know what's going on. Even send messages to Republicans and tell them you know what they're up to. The Power of the People should not be underestimated. Join in the protest. Make sure there are millions of people marching not just thousands. Put the fear of god into him and his enablers. Not that they believe in god but the fact that he sees so many people are angry as hell may break him. That's the only advice I can give you. If you just accept it you will lose. Fight it, this situation is not normal so get out of your comfort zone. If you, all of you, don't start to say what you mean and mean what you say then you are lost. The elections can't save you. Only your will to fight against the insanity by accepting that it IS INSANITY can.
I think most know exactly what Abolish ICE means. It’s to get rid of ICE and dismantle DHS. It’s wretched, created out of racism, made to terrorize communities. A minimum should be to collapse that sector. And should be easy for every person running for office to say.
Christopher - dismantle DHS! Such a disnomer: Dept of Human Services these people are NOT humans - they are terrorists running a rogue- terrorist organization for the terorist-in-chrage. Sickening!
Listen to, share and discuss the Renee Nicole Good song to make justice matter. How might we use protest songs to unite people to deconstruct the alt-right media neo-terrorism inducing the cult trance of Deranged Trump Mass Psychosis (DTMP)? https://equitymoonshot.substack.com/p/share-renee-nicole-good-songs-to
The AARP is airing recruiting ads for ICE agents. They too, just like other media outlets have bent the knee to the Nazi regime of the GOP.
It's not too late to protest ICE on Saturday!
To find an event SEE: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Contributed to Flanagan's campaign
Yes. I learned yesterday that we need to vet Dem incumbents running for reelection to make sure they are ready and willing to take action now to stop this fascist regime. For example, Dem Congressman Ritchie Torres who is running for re-election from the Bronx voted in favor of the Lincoln Riley Act authorizing federal authorities to detain certain undocumented people. He also has invested in companies selling arms to Israel.
Yes! Check every candidate out. I am fearful of AI but investigating what candidates have said or done is a perfect job for it. My first question is always, "Has candidate X ever shown support for Israel?"
To James Raskin and other Americans. Please understand that trump is going to rile you with people he will place in your protest to make you commit violence. Don't, whatever you do fall for the bait. PROTEST PEACEFULLY and in such humungous numbers that the Republicans, not just trump, can't ignore it. They all have to know that the gig is up! They have to know that you are wise to their lies. Protest peacefully, I can't emphasis that enough because he's going to for sure, have his agitators in your protest march trying to make you commit violence. Please OH PLEASE don't fall for it! If you do he will invoke the Insurrection Act which will give him the power to kill you. I'm not kidding now, he will do anything to stay in power and be able to not have elections. THE PEOPLE WILL WIN. STAY FOCUSED. STAY TOGETHER!
Your voice is tight with outrage. I am shocked, but tired after this day of coverage and writing to Congress, to get rid of ICE. It is amazing to me, that noem, et al, were so READY to blame the victim, immediately afterwards. What will happen to her children? sorry, I shouldn't be writing, too tired and appalled at who is "in charge" here in america. Peace be with us all, and the rule of law.
Very impressed with Lt Governor Peggy Flanagan. Her primary opponent sounds dreadful.
She's excellent. Clear answers. No flip flopping. Confident. Principled. Courageous. We need to get her into the US Senate.
Thanking you again for all the important work you do. This is a collective trauma that will become generational trauma, seared into our DNA (epigenetics).
https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/breaking-new-video-from-minnesota
The tRump regime will continue to fabricate stories of lawlessness in blue states giving them reason to invade with their ICE gestapo squad of goons. They're hoping the left reacts violently, or in a manner that can be spun to be violent, giving them reason to escalate! They need this narrative to keep maga and others hooked into their ideology that there is an enemy.
They need the fight to be good vs evil. They need us to manipulate their own with constant conflicts to blame and/or rescue (only Donnie can save us). It's like a game to them... they poke us to see if we'll jump, they poke us again or they up-the-ante to see if we'll jump higher!! They're criminals, misfits, manipulators, opportunists -- they don't think like we do. This isn't about people or humanity to them -- it's about profit and money and getting "my way". They want the world ordered their way, whatever that looks like… I imagine it’s a very 50s ideal, think clean pressed white linen, something they can admire, spotless. Their unspoken motto is to exploit and take advantage and they absolutely think you're an idiot if you don't.
My point, is we can't apply our logic to them. Thumping our chest yelling shame has no impact. Our response must be strategic and ruthless. Trying to appeal to their mercy, their shame or their conscience... absolutely not! This is a life or death competition, this is strategic, it's all about who wins... oh, and just for a challenge they've made the rules ambiguous on their end, I mean, they're in power and they have the trump card, pun intended.
Meanwhile, we aren't seeing this in red states, if there's any push back they seem to back off. And, there's so many pockets of immigrants all over the US, shifting the blame gives them years of fodder. We need to start thinking with a military mindset; to be disciplined, resilient, adaptable, strategic, ambitious, stealthy and outthink, out-plan and out-maneuver them!! We need leaders to organize around, someone must call the charge... that's what's missing for me. I'm up for whatever it takes... I'm a senior, I'm a little scared but more than anything, I'm angry and I want my country back, maybe, just maybe, we can make it even better with this iteration... thank you Qasim Rashid for everything you do!!
A bunch of young guys out for revenge on on their perceived enemies. Surely all of America has " held them back in some way & they are going to exactly their revenge. How about we do a really God job about tracking those coming into the country & doing follow-up or whatever needs to happen. Someone an assault on an entire city/state is terrorism
I’m horrified at Renee’s death but would like to point out that this is not the 1st case of ICE violence and armed aggression. At least 35 people have already died in ICE custody and unnumbered and anonymous others have been victims of their violence. This violence is unacceptable whether y or not the victim is white and a US citizen.
Yep. I'm posting about that soon with their names and ethnicities. It's a horribly targeted and racist deliberate strategy by ICE.
Thank you, Qasim, for your unending determination to hammer home how the ingredients of “racist policy choices, disinformation, and impunity” have created this recipe for marginalization across the world and highlighted it, now, under Trump’s dictatorship.
What’s chilling here isn’t just the killing. It’s how fast the story machine tried to turn it into “justified force” instead of a preventable death. When an agency operates with narrative cover and zero accountability, violence stops being a failure and starts being policy. Appreciate this for slowing the spin down long enough to show what’s actually happening on the ground.
Extremely well coordinated propaganda to justify state murder.
This incident of cold blooded murder by an agent of the government was the more shocking because of the spin the trump administration and Noem tried to put on it before the poor woman was even named publicly. Having given this agency immunity is not how it works in a democracy. Which is possibly why they are trying their illegal best to destroy democracy. I heard Eric Swalwell who is apparently now running for governor in California, say that the governor should at the least be able to take away their driving licenses if they are masked and breaking the law. Breaking the law would cover being pepper sprayed and other chemicals at innocent protestors. It would also cover these ICEstapo agents for going onto school property. I think anything, even this small will act as a deterrent. Scary masked people and kidnapping them should also be taken as breaking the law. This department is only a racist construct that after 9/11 was formed because they believed anybody who was brown was an enemy. Of course they've since taken this attitude to the nth degree because they now have a racist president. I live in the UK and can't even imagine if our government declared that this kind of action was justified because some brown people broke the law. Those people they are "disappearing aren't breaking the law. they have the right to stay and have their case heard. They certainly haven't proved to be "the worst of the worst" as little dick has said they are! I'm amazed at the populations ability to try not to fight back violently. I'm not sure us English would not be able to show such restraint. He needs to be brought down before your country ends up as just another satellite of Russia or North Korea. That trump wants to divide the globe up into portions run by those factions is becoming more obvious each day.
We have a military that is bigger than the next 10 largest militaries in the world. ICE is the 4th largest army in the world. I don't think all the people judging from Canada and Europe (not you) have any idea what we're up against. We've seen what the US military has done all over the world. They want to do that to us now.
Actually there's a lot NATO can do. There are I think 32 countries involved including the US so if 31 countries can't invoke Article 5 because the vote has to be unanimous, (they never thought they would have to use it against a member, an ally), then though those other 31 nations don't have the military might they do have 450 million people. They can place heavy sanctions on the US, they can halt trade altogether. The States can't fight them all at the same time, especially if they're broke! It's not over until it's over. Plus the US citizens by the majority aren't behind little dick! Keep trying to get all the JE files released and he can go to jail for those crimes at least. He only has "immunity" from the SCOTUS for crimes committed while in office.
That's not going to prevent the murder and abuse that's already happening.
No it isn't. The only thing the USA can do is get him out of office. With all the lawyers in your country I would think surely somebody can find a way!
Well when congress and the Supreme Court don't follow our constitution, that's unlikely. The Supreme Court gave him immunity from prosecution and the Republicans in congress rubber stamp every freaking thing he does. Our only hope at this point is the election, but he rigged the last one so I don't expect these to be free and fair elections later this year
As Heather Cox Richardson said earlier today, it would only take five congressional republicans to halt all of this tomorrow.
Francesca what is happening to your country is something the world would never have believed possible even 10 years ago when he won that election. The fact is that he isn't a sane man. He is being manipulated to a great extent by Stephen Miller. Miller hates everybody that isn't white. Trump hates everybody that isn't white. The racism in your country is what birthed a Donald Trump in this day and age. It's why he made the term MAGA (Make America Great Again) a rallying cry. He called in all the racist elements in the country who were still, even in 2016 a huge portion of your country. You cannot go back and bemoan the fact, you have to fight it. The world doesn't trust the USA anymore, that's an unassailable fact! Why should they? The tariffs and the name calling have been also applied to their economies and their countries. They know that it's not the entire population but they have to fight him too. What he's doing TO America is making it less safe for you. You now have people that were aligned, that were your allies, that also kept you safe, being discarded to fulfil his ego that's hungry for power and money. NATO helped you, all 31 countries when you went to war with Afghanistan! They've been with you to protect you from Russia. They've provided you with intelligence that kept you safe! Now your president says he wants America to be just like Russia and China so that he can have the power over his people that they have over theirs. You have to stop him by any means you have. Email or phone your congress and Senators. Tell them you know what's going on. Even send messages to Republicans and tell them you know what they're up to. The Power of the People should not be underestimated. Join in the protest. Make sure there are millions of people marching not just thousands. Put the fear of god into him and his enablers. Not that they believe in god but the fact that he sees so many people are angry as hell may break him. That's the only advice I can give you. If you just accept it you will lose. Fight it, this situation is not normal so get out of your comfort zone. If you, all of you, don't start to say what you mean and mean what you say then you are lost. The elections can't save you. Only your will to fight against the insanity by accepting that it IS INSANITY can.
I think most know exactly what Abolish ICE means. It’s to get rid of ICE and dismantle DHS. It’s wretched, created out of racism, made to terrorize communities. A minimum should be to collapse that sector. And should be easy for every person running for office to say.
Christopher - dismantle DHS! Such a disnomer: Dept of Human Services these people are NOT humans - they are terrorists running a rogue- terrorist organization for the terorist-in-chrage. Sickening!
Isn't it Department of Homeland Security?